Re: [PATCH 0/8] MAINTAINERS - add script and patterns

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Sat Oct 25 2008 - 03:39:59 EST


On Thu 2008-10-23 16:09:18, Joe Perches wrote:
> Now that "F:" is documented in MAINTAINERS, this patchset
> adds a script to find the maintainer of an individual
> file or files in a patch and additional patterns to
> MAINTAINERS.
>
> Other information from MAINTAINERS sections can
> also be generated by file or patch.
>
> Changes since last submission:
>
> Changed scripts/get_maintainers.pl mode to 0755
> Fixed INTEL ETHERNET DRIVERS patterns
> Fixed PCMCIA SUBSYSTEM patterns
> Changed patterns for recent asm renames
> Added patterns for recent MAINTAINERS entries
> Removed HP FibreChannel HBA section
> Used single style for "T: git" urls
> Added Linus' git reference
> Added FTRACE git reference
>
> 1/8: Add scripts/get_maintainer.pl
> 2/8: MAINTAINERS - Add file patterns
> 3/8: MAINTAINERS - Standardize style
> 4/8: MAINTAINERS - remove CS4280
> 5/8: MAINTAINERS - Remove HP Fibre Channel HBA no longer in tree
> 6/8: MAINTAINERS - standardize "T: git urls"
> 7/8: MAINTAINERS - Add Linus Torvalds' git
> 8/8: MAINTAINERS - Add FTRACE git
>
> $ ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl
> usage: ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl [options] patchfile
> ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl [options] -f file
> version: 0.12
>
> MAINTAINER field selection options:
> --email => print email address(es) if any
> --git => include recent git *-by: signers
> --git-chief-penguins => include (Linus Torvalds|Andrew Morton)
> --m => include maintainer(s) if any
> --n => include name 'Full Name <addr@xxxxxxxxxx>'
> --l => include list(s) if any
> --s => include subscriber only list(s) if any
> --scm => print SCM tree(s) if any
> --status => print status if any
> --subsystem => print subsystem name if any
> --web => print website(s) if any
>
> Output type options:
> --separator [, ] => separator for multiple entries on 1 line
> --multiline => print 1 entry per line
>
> Default options:
> [--email --git --m --l --multiline]
>
> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>

ACK. It would be nice to get this in... currently MAINTAINERS are hard
to use :-(

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