Re: [PATCH] get_maintainer: apply all .get_maintainer.ignore files

From: Joe Perches
Date: Wed Apr 05 2017 - 12:09:00 EST


On Wed, 2017-04-05 at 19:30 +0800, Jeffy Chen wrote:
> Currently we are searching "./:$ENV{HOME}/:.scripts/" for ignore file,
> but would always get "./.get_maintainer.ignore" only.

That's the point.

It allows you to have specific .ignore files for various projects.

> This patch applies all .get_maintainer.ignore, so it would be easier to
> add ignore list locally.

Why stack? What's the value in that?