[RFC PATCH 4/9] scripts/get_maintainer.py: minimal argument parsing

["Alex Bennée" <alex.bennee@linaro.org>]

Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
---
 scripts/get_maintainer.py | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 44 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 scripts/get_maintainer.py

diff --git a/scripts/get_maintainer.py b/scripts/get_maintainer.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..2b8fc7ae9ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/get_maintainer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# get_maintainer.py: Print selected MAINTAINERS information
+#
+# usage: scripts/get_maintainer.py [OPTIONS] <patch>
+#        scripts/get_maintainer.py [OPTIONS] -f <file>
+#
+# (c) 2025, Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
+#           based on get_maintainers.pl
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+from argparse import ArgumentParser, ArgumentTypeError
+from os import path
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+def valid_file_path(arg):
+    """
+    Checks if arg exists and is a regular file or raises ArgumentTypeError.
+    """
+    if not path.exists(arg):
+        raise ArgumentTypeError(f"File '{arg}' does not exist.")
+    if not path.isfile(arg):
+        raise ArgumentTypeError(f"Path '{arg}' is not a regular file.")
+    return Path(path.abspath(arg))
+
+
+def main():
+    parser = ArgumentParser(description='Extract maintainer information. ')
+
+    # We can either specify patches or an individual file
+    group = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
+    group.add_argument('patch', nargs='*', type=valid_file_path,
+                       help='path to patch file')
+    group.add_argument('-f', '--file', type=valid_file_path,
+                       help='path to source file')
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
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