REPOS_DIR="$WORKSPACE/.repos"
 
-IFS=" " read -r -a PATCHES <<< "$(echo "$GERRIT_EVENT_COMMENT_TEXT" | grep -E '(recheck:|reverify:)' | awk -F: '{print $2}')"
+IFS=" " read -r -a PATCHES <<< \
+        "$(echo "$GERRIT_EVENT_COMMENT_TEXT" | \
+            grep -E '(recheck:|reverify:)' | awk -F: '{print $2}')"
 
 # shellcheck disable=SC1090
 source ~/lf-env.sh
 
     if [ ! -f "$WORKSPACE/jenkins-config/global-vars-$silo.sh" ]; then
         echo "WARN: jenkins-config/global-vars-$silo.sh does not exist. Skipping cloud management..."
         echo "We highly recommend setting up global-vars-$silo.sh to manage the Jenkins global variables."
-        echo "Refer to https://docs.releng.linuxfoundation.org/projects/global-jjb/en/latest/jjb/lf-ci-jobs.html#global-environment-variables for details."
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2140
+        echo "Refer to https://docs.releng.linuxfoundation.org/"\
+"projects/global-jjb/en/latest/jjb/lf-ci-jobs.html"\
+"#global-environment-variables for details."
         continue
     fi
 
 
 else
     echo "License Header Checker is not installed. Installing..."
     mkdir "$WORKSPACE/bin"
-    wget -nv -O "/tmp/lhc.tar.gz" "https://nexus.opendaylight.org/content/repositories/hosted_installers/org/linuxfoundation/lhc/${lhc_version}/lhc-${lhc_version}.tar.gz"
+    NEXUS_BASEURL="https://nexus.opendaylight.org/"
+    NEXUS_PATH="content/repositories/hosted_installers/org/linuxfoundation/"
+    NEXUS_LHC="lhc/${lhc_version}/lhc-${lhc_version}.tar.gz"
+    NEXUS_URL="${NEXUS_BASEURL}${NEXUS_PATH}${NEXUS_LHC}"
+    wget -nv -O "/tmp/lhc.tar.gz" "$NEXUS_URL"
     tar -zxvf /tmp/lhc.tar.gz -C "$WORKSPACE/bin"
     chmod +x "$WORKSPACE/bin/lhc"
     export PATH="$WORKSPACE/bin:$PATH"
 
 mc_staging_repo=$(sed -n -e 's/Staging repository \(.*\) created\./\1/p' "$MC_TMP_FILE")
 rm -f "$MC_TMP_FILE"
 
-echo "$mc_staging_repo https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/$mc_staging_repo" | tee -a "$WORKSPACE/archives/staging-repo.txt"
+# shellcheck disable=SC2140
+echo "$mc_staging_repo "\
+"https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/$mc_staging_repo" | \
+    tee -a "$WORKSPACE/archives/staging-repo.txt"
 
 echo "${NEXUS_IQ_USER}:${NEXUS_IQ_PASSWORD}" >> cli-auth.txt
 echo "INFO: running nexus-iq-cli on project $NEXUS_IQ_PROJECT_NAME and file $REQUIREMENTS_FILE"
 # result.json is a mystery
-java -jar "${CLI_LOCATION}" @cli-auth.txt -s https://nexus-iq.wl.linuxfoundation.org -i "${NEXUS_IQ_PROJECT_NAME}" -t build -r result.json "${REQUIREMENTS_FILE}"
+java -jar "${CLI_LOCATION}" @cli-auth.txt \
+    -s https://nexus-iq.wl.linuxfoundation.org -i "${NEXUS_IQ_PROJECT_NAME}" \
+    -t build -r result.json "${REQUIREMENTS_FILE}"
 rm cli-auth.txt
 rm "${CLI_LOCATION}"
 
 
 
     builds=()
     for jenkins in "${@:2}"; do
-        JENKINS_URL="$jenkins/computer/api/json?tree=computer[executors[currentExecutable[url]],oneOffExecutors[currentExecutable[url]]]&xpath=//url&wrapper=builds"
+        PARAMS="tree=computer[executors[currentExecutable[url]],"
+        PARAMS=$PARAMS"oneOffExecutors[currentExecutable[url]]]"
+        PARAMS=$PARAMS"&xpath=//url&wrapper=builds"
+        JENKINS_URL="$jenkins/computer/api/json?$PARAMS"
         resp=$(curl -s -w "\\n\\n%{http_code}" --globoff -H "Content-Type:application/json" "$JENKINS_URL")
         json_data=$(echo "$resp" | head -n1)
         status=$(echo "$resp" | awk 'END {print $NF}')
 
 elif [[ "${GIT_BASE:-}" =~ https://github.com ]]; then
     LAST_CHANGE_SHA=$(git log --no-merges -1 --format=%H)
     API_BASE=$(echo "$GIT_BASE" | sed -E 's#(www.)?github.com#api.github.com/repos#')
-    STATUS=$(curl "${API_BASE}/statuses/${LAST_CHANGE_SHA}" \
-        | jq ".[] | select(.state == \"success\" and .context == \"Packer ${PACKER_PLATFORM}-${PACKER_TEMPLATE} Verify Build\")")
+    CONTEXT_VALUE="\"Packer ${PACKER_PLATFORM}-${PACKER_TEMPLATE} Verify Build\""
+    JQ_QUERY=".[] | select(.state == \"success\" and .context == ${CONTEXT_VALUE})"
+    STATUS=$(curl "${API_BASE}/statuses/${LAST_CHANGE_SHA}" | jq "${JQ_QUERY}")
     if [[ -n ${STATUS} ]]; then
         echo "Build already successful for this patch set. Skipping merge build..."
         exit
 
         echo "Packer version $CURRENT_VERSION installed is less than $PACKER_VERSION available, updating Packer."
         packer_install
     else
-        echo "Packer version installed $CURRENT_VERSION is greater than or equal to the required minimum version $PACKER_VERSION."
+        echo "Packer version installed $CURRENT_VERSION is greater than or equal to"\
+        "the required minimum version $PACKER_VERSION."
     fi
 else
     echo "Packer binary not available, installing Packer version $PACKER_VERSION."
 
 
     python3 -m pip install --user --quiet --upgrade pip
     python3 -m pip install --user --quiet --no-warn-script-location --upgrade setuptools
-    python3 -m pip install --user --quiet --no-warn-script-location --upgrade --upgrade-strategy eager -r "$requirements_file"
+    python3 -m pip install --user --quiet --no-warn-script-location --upgrade \
+        --upgrade-strategy eager -r "$requirements_file"
     # installs are silent, show version details in log
     python3 --version
     python3 -m pip --version
 
     OVERRIDE_SEMVER_REGEX="${OVERRIDE_SEMVER_REGEX:-None}"
     if [[ $OVERRIDE_SEMVER_REGEX == "None" ]]; then
         # Use the semver regex taken from https://github.com/fsaintjacques/semver-tool
-        semver_regex="^[vV]?(0|[1-9][0-9]*)\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*)\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*)(\-(0|[1-9][0-9]*|[0-9]*[A-Za-z-][0-9A-Za-z-]*)(\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*|[0-9]*[A-Za-z-][0-9A-Za-z-]*))*)?(\+[0-9A-Za-z-]+(\.[0-9A-Za-z-]+)*)?$"
+        pat1="(0|[1-9][0-9]*)\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*)\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*)"
+        pat2="(0|[1-9][0-9]*|[0-9]*[A-Za-z-][0-9A-Za-z-]*)"
+        pat3="(\+[0-9A-Za-z-]+(\.[0-9A-Za-z-]+)*)"
+        semver_regex="^[vV]?${pat1}(\-${pat2}(\.${pat2})*)?${pat3}?$"
     else
         semver_regex="${OVERRIDE_SEMVER_REGEX}"
     fi
             wget "${path}"/"${name}" -o artifacts/"${name}"
             if [[ "$JOB_NAME" =~ "merge" ]] && [[ "$DRY_RUN" = false ]]; then
                 #lftools sign sigul artifacts
-                curl -v -u <NEXUSUSER>:<NEXUSPASS> --upload-file "${NEXUS_URL}"/content/repositories/releases/org/"${ORG}"/"${VERSION}"/"${name}" \;
+                curl -v -u <NEXUSUSER>:<NEXUSPASS> --upload-file \
+                    "${NEXUS_URL}"/content/repositories/releases/org/"${ORG}"/"${VERSION}"/"${name}" \;
             fi
             echo "#########################"
         fi