Linux Kernel Mentees list
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: Manuel Ebner <manuelebner@mailbox.org>
To: joe@perches.com
Cc: kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org,
	linux-kernel-mentees@lists.linux.dev,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, manuelebner@mailbox.org
Subject: [PATCH] get_maintainer: add recipients to output of script
Date: Mon,  8 Jun 2026 18:34:12 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260608163411.70226-2-manuelebner@mailbox.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <14198ef7adde6d0e24535edf64266201b7036fed.camel@perches.com>

Add all people tagged in all the mentioned commits to the output of this script.
This is done to give credit to people who inspired the current commit or to get
feedback from people who know the subject.

Signed-off-by: Manuel Ebner <manuelebner@mailbox.org>
---
 scripts/get_maintainer.pl | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
index 16b80a700d4a..8c44b14391f9 100755
--- a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
+++ b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ my $email_usename = 1;
 my $email_maintainer = 1;
 my $email_reviewer = 1;
 my $email_fixes = 1;
+my $email_mentioned = 0;
 my $email_list = 1;
 my $email_moderated_list = 1;
 my $email_subscriber_list = 0;
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ my $exit = 0;
 
 my @files = ();
 my @fixes = ();			# If a patch description includes Fixes: lines
+my @mentioned = ();		# If a patch description mentiones a patch
 my @range = ();
 my @keyword_tvi = ();
 my @file_emails = ();
@@ -264,6 +266,7 @@ if (!GetOptions(
 		'n!' => \$email_usename,
 		'l!' => \$email_list,
 		'fixes!' => \$email_fixes,
+		'mentioned!' => \$email_mentioned,
 		'moderated!' => \$email_moderated_list,
 		's!' => \$email_subscriber_list,
 		'multiline!' => \$output_multiline,
@@ -606,6 +609,8 @@ foreach my $file (@ARGV) {
 		push(@files, $filename2);
 	    } elsif (m/^Fixes:\s+([0-9a-fA-F]{6,40})/) {
 		push(@fixes, $1) if ($email_fixes);
+	    } elsif (m/\s+([0-9a-fA-F]{6,40})/) {
+		push(@mentioned, $1) if ($email_mentioned);
 	    } elsif (m/^\+\+\+\s+(\S+)/ or m/^---\s+(\S+)/) {
 		my $filename = $1;
 		$filename =~ s@^[^/]*/@@;
@@ -637,6 +642,7 @@ foreach my $file (@ARGV) {
 
 @file_emails = uniq(@file_emails);
 @fixes = uniq(@fixes);
+@mentioned = uniq(@mentioned);
 
 my %email_hash_name;
 my %email_hash_address;
@@ -1038,6 +1044,10 @@ sub get_maintainers {
 	vcs_add_commit_signers($fix, "blamed_fixes");
     }
 
+   foreach my $mention (@mentioned) {
+	vcs_add_commit_signers($mention, "in mentioned Patch");
+    }
+
     my @to = ();
     if ($email || $email_list) {
 	if ($email) {
@@ -1106,6 +1116,7 @@ MAINTAINER field selection options:
     --substatus => show subsystem status if not Maintained (default: match --roles when output is tty)"
     --file-emails => add email addresses found in -f file (default: 0 (off))
     --fixes => for patches, add signatures of commits with 'Fixes: <commit>' (default: 1 (on))
+    --mentioned => for patches, add signatures in mentioned commits with hashes between 6 and 40 chars long (default: 1 (on))
   --scm => print SCM tree(s) if any
   --status => print status if any
   --subsystem => print subsystem name if any
-- 
2.54.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-06-08 16:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-08 15:22 [PATCH] get_maintainer: add recipients to output of script Manuel Ebner
2026-06-08 15:29 ` Joe Perches
2026-06-08 15:46   ` Manuel Ebner
2026-06-08 15:52     ` Joe Perches
2026-06-08 15:56       ` Manuel Ebner
2026-06-08 16:00         ` Joe Perches
2026-06-08 16:50       ` Agatha Isabelle Moreira
2026-06-08 16:34   ` Manuel Ebner [this message]
2026-06-08 19:32     ` Agatha Isabelle Moreira
2026-06-10  7:49       ` Manuel Ebner

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=20260608163411.70226-2-manuelebner@mailbox.org \
    --to=manuelebner@mailbox.org \
    --cc=joe@perches.com \
    --cc=kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org \
    --cc=linux-kernel-mentees@lists.linux.dev \
    --cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox