Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] scripts: Add add-maintainer.py

Guru Das Srinagesh
2023-08-28T16:52:26Z

On Aug 28 2023 11:14, Jani Nikula wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Aug 2023, Guru Das Srinagesh <quic_gurus@quicinc.com> wrote:
> > This script runs get_maintainer.py on a given patch file (or multiple
> > patch files) and adds its output to the patch file in place with the
> > appropriate email headers "To: " or "Cc: " as the case may be. These new
> > headers are added after the "From: " line in the patch.
>
> FWIW, I personally prefer tooling to operate on git branches and commits
> than patches. For me, the patches are just an intermediate step in
> getting the commits from my git branch to the mailing list. That's not
> where I add the Cc's, but rather in the commits in my local branch,
> where they're preserved. YMMV.

Could you please share more details about your workflow? Specifically, how you
fit `get_maintainer.pl` in it.

Thank you.

Guru Das.