Re: get_maintainers.pl doesn't actually get the real MAINTAINERS?

[Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>]

On Tue, 2014-10-14 at 19:31 -0700, Scott Branden wrote:
> On 14-10-14 07:26 PM, Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Tue, 2014-10-14 at 19:18 -0700, Scott Branden wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I try running scripts/get_maintainers.pl but it doesn't seem to get the
> >> real maintainers properly.  Please note this is run against the current
> >> MAINTAINERS file.
> >>
> >> One Example:  I would expect drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-bcm2835.c to be
> >> maintained by Stephen Warren based on drivers/*/*bcm2835* below.
> >
> > get_maintainers doesn't use * as a depth wildcard
> >
> > */ matches a single top level directory level
> > */*/ matches one level below the top directory level.
> >
> >>    But
> >> the get_maintainers.pl script does not seem to process the information
> >> in such a way.  So what needs to be corrected - the script or the syntax
> >> used in the MAINTAINERS file?
> >>
> >> BROADCOM BCM2835 ARM ARCHICTURE
> >> M:	Stephen Warren <swarren@wwwdotorg.org>
> >> L:	linux-rpi-kernel@lists.infradead.org (moderated for non-subscribers)
> >> T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/swarren/linux-rpi.git
> >> S:	Maintained
> >> F:	arch/arm/mach-bcm/board_bcm2835.c
> >> F:	arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm2835*
> >> F:	arch/arm/configs/bcm2835_defconfig
> >> F:	drivers/*/*bcm2835*
> >
> > F:	drivers/*/*/*bmc2835*
> Thanks for the explanation.  So somebody should really do the following 
> to maintain any files no matter where they are located?
> F:	*/*bcm2835*
> F:	*/*/*bcm2835*
> F:	*/*/*/*bcm2835*
> F:	*/*/*/*/*bcm2835*
> F:	*/*/*/*/*/*bcm2835*
> F:	*/*/*/*/*/*/*bcm2835*
> F:	*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*bcm2835*
> 
> Or, can a recursive option be added in the script?

Hasn't been much of a need for that but knock yourself
out if you think something like a ... might be useful.

Look for function "file_match_pattern" if you want
to extend it.

There is a file name matching option "N:" that
does something similar.

Difference is that F: patterns matches do not
use git history by default to find other people
that have submitted patches, N: does.