[PATCH] get_maintainer: Quiet noisy implicit -f vcs_file_exists checking

From: Joe Perches
Date: Thu Aug 11 2016 - 18:46:14 EST


Checking command line filenames that are outside the git tree
can emit a noisy and confusing message.

Quiet that message by redirecting stderr.
Verify that the command was executed successfully.

Fixes: 4cad35a7ca69 ("get_maintainer.pl: reduce need for command-line option -f")
Reported-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/get_maintainer.pl | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
index 49a00d5..aed4511 100755
--- a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
+++ b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
@@ -2136,9 +2136,11 @@ sub vcs_file_exists {

my $cmd = $VCS_cmds{"file_exists_cmd"};
$cmd =~ s/(\$\w+)/$1/eeg; # interpolate $cmd
-
+ $cmd .= " 2>&1";
$exists = &{$VCS_cmds{"execute_cmd"}}($cmd);

+ return 0 if ($? != 0);
+
return $exists;
}

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2.8.0.rc4.16.g56331f8