Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] MAINTAINERS: Add entries for Apple SoC cpufreq driver

[Viresh Kumar]

On 05-05-22, 10:42, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 04/05/2022 16:52, Hector Martin wrote:
> > On 04/05/2022 19.17, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> >> This should be the last patch instead, or should at least be added
> >> after the files are merged first. If someone checks out at this
> >> commit, the files won't be available but still linked here.
> > 
> > Isn't that backwards? 
> 
> No, because we have tools for checking valid paths (in some places), so
> when using that tool, the history is not bisectable.
> 
> > If someone touches the files, we want them to be
> > able to get_maintainer.pl, so the MAINTAINERS entries should come first.
> > It doesn't really cause any issues if there are entries that point at
> > files that don't exist yet, right?
> 
> It hurts any current or future tools checking for valid paths.
> 
> > 
> > Though this is mostly a moot point because the purpose of splitting this
> > out is so we can merge this one patch through the SoC tree, at which
> > point the ordering isn't guaranteed (unless the whole series goes
> > through SoC). 
> 
> Just add each path change to respective commit adding that file. It
> should not be a separate commit, at first place.
> 
> Separate commits are for adding entire Maintainers entry.

And there is no need for this patch to go via SoC tree, we can handle
minor conflicts later on if required.

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viresh