From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Joe Perches Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: i2c: mark also subdirectories as maintained Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2015 10:15:53 -0700 Message-ID: <1446138953.2757.176.camel@perches.com> References: <1446103548-2217-1-git-send-email-wsa@the-dreams.de> <1446127903.2757.163.camel@perches.com> <20151029155258.GB22218@katana> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from smtprelay0119.hostedemail.com ([216.40.44.119]:35566 "EHLO smtprelay.hostedemail.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965264AbbJ2RP4 (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Oct 2015 13:15:56 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20151029155258.GB22218@katana> Sender: linux-i2c-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org To: Wolfram Sang Cc: Andrew Morton , linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Lee Jones On Thu, 2015-10-29 at 16:52 +0100, Wolfram Sang wrote: > > + The scripts/get_maintainer.pl tool has a quirk about subdirectories. > > + If the file pattern is for a directory, then any subdirectories of > > + the parent directory should also be specified. For instance: > > + F: drivers/i2c/ > > + F: drivers/i2c/*/ > > + Otherwise, the scripts/get_maintainer.pl tool by default will use > > + git history to add additional people that have "Signed-off-by:" > > + style signatures on commits to files in those subdirectories. > > I'd be fine with the change. The patch description should probably state > why fixing the tool is not worth it. Not worth it vs inappropriate (arch/arm, etc...) Maybe the wording around "quirk" could be improved or expanded. Any suggestions?