Re: [PATCH] [1/2many] - FInd the maintainer(s) for a patch - scripts/get_maintainer.pl

[Ray Lee]

On 8/12/07, Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I grew weary of looking up the appropriate
> maintainer email address(es) to CC: for a patch.
>
> I added flags to the MAINTAINERS file
>
> F:      file pattern
>
> for each maintained block and a script to parse
> the modified blocks for maintainer and list
> email addresses.

Why not parse git annotate or blame instead (other than it's freakin'
slow)? Using the repository history has the added benefit of telling
you a lot more fine-grained detail about who may want to know about
your patch.
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