[PATCH] get_maintainer: add recipients to output of script
From: Manuel Ebner
Date: Mon Jun 08 2026 - 12:16:03 EST
Add all people tagged in all the mentioned commits to the output of this script.
Signed-off-by: Manuel Ebner <manuelebner@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/get_maintainer.pl | 11 +++++++++++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
diff --git a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
index 16b80a700d4a..4bcf910f2830 100755
--- a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
+++ b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ my $email_usename = 1;
my $email_maintainer = 1;
my $email_reviewer = 1;
my $email_fixes = 1;
+my $email_mentioned = 1;
my $email_list = 1;
my $email_moderated_list = 1;
my $email_subscriber_list = 0;
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ my $exit = 0;
my @files = ();
my @fixes = (); # If a patch description includes Fixes: lines
+my @mentioned = (); # If a patch description mentiones a patch
my @range = ();
my @keyword_tvi = ();
my @file_emails = ();
@@ -264,6 +266,7 @@ if (!GetOptions(
'n!' => \$email_usename,
'l!' => \$email_list,
'fixes!' => \$email_fixes,
+ 'mentioned!' => \$email_mentioned,
'moderated!' => \$email_moderated_list,
's!' => \$email_subscriber_list,
'multiline!' => \$output_multiline,
@@ -606,6 +609,8 @@ foreach my $file (@ARGV) {
push(@files, $filename2);
} elsif (m/^Fixes:\s+([0-9a-fA-F]{6,40})/) {
push(@fixes, $1) if ($email_fixes);
+ } elsif (m/\s+([0-9a-fA-F]{6,40})/) {
+ push(@mentioned, $1) if ($email_mentioned);
} elsif (m/^\+\+\+\s+(\S+)/ or m/^---\s+(\S+)/) {
my $filename = $1;
$filename =~ s@^[^/]*/@@;
@@ -637,6 +642,7 @@ foreach my $file (@ARGV) {
@file_emails = uniq(@file_emails);
@fixes = uniq(@fixes);
+@mentioned = uniq(@mentioned);
my %email_hash_name;
my %email_hash_address;
@@ -1038,6 +1044,10 @@ sub get_maintainers {
vcs_add_commit_signers($fix, "blamed_fixes");
}
+ foreach my $mention (@mentioned) {
+ vcs_add_commit_signers($mention, "in mentioned Patch");
+ }
+
my @to = ();
if ($email || $email_list) {
if ($email) {
@@ -1106,6 +1116,7 @@ MAINTAINER field selection options:
--substatus => show subsystem status if not Maintained (default: match --roles when output is tty)"
--file-emails => add email addresses found in -f file (default: 0 (off))
--fixes => for patches, add signatures of commits with 'Fixes: <commit>' (default: 1 (on))
+ --mentioned => for patches, add signatures in mentioned commits with hashes between 6 and 40 chars long (default: 1 (on))
--scm => print SCM tree(s) if any
--status => print status if any
--subsystem => print subsystem name if any
--
2.54.0