From: Wolfram Sang <wsa@the-dreams.de>
To: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: i2c: mark also subdirectories as maintained
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2015 16:52:59 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20151029155258.GB22218@katana> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1446127903.2757.163.camel@perches.com>
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> + 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.
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-10-29 7:25 [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: i2c: mark also subdirectories as maintained Wolfram Sang
2015-10-29 14:11 ` Joe Perches
2015-10-29 15:52 ` Wolfram Sang [this message]
2015-10-29 17:15 ` Joe Perches
2015-10-30 11:33 ` Wolfram Sang
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