Re: [PATCH v2] MAINTAINERS: document the branch in git T: entries

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On 25/09/2026 14:00, Matthias Goergens wrote:
> A git T: entry can name a branch after the repository URL.  The first
> to do so, commit a1aa5a770dc3 ("MAINTAINERS: update hwmon subsystem
> git trees"), added two T: lines for one repository, one per branch.
> Today 109 of the 846 git T: lines name a branch, and ten entries list
> one repository more than once with different branches.  Commit
> 083bf9c56d06 ("get_maintainer: add more --self-test options") taught
> get_maintainer.pl to check the branch with git ls-remote.  Neither the
> MAINTAINERS preamble nor submitting-patches.rst mentions any of this.
> 
> Document the syntax only.  What a named branch is for varies: many
> entries name the branch linux-next merges, others a fixes or topic
> branch, and some subsystems want patches based on a mainline tag rather
> than on any branch of their tree.  maintainer-entry-profile.rst already
> asks a profile to say which branches go into linux-next and which one
> contributors should submit against, so point there.
> 
> In submitting-patches.rst, say that fixes for the current release cycle
> and new development usually start from different places, and where to
> find out which.
> 
> Suggested-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/arSMwd1bGO1vrif-@xxxxxxx/
> Signed-off-by: Matthias Goergens <matthias.goergens@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Best regards,
Krzysztof