Re: [PATCH] get_maintainer.pl: tighten up git contributors cc list

[Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>]

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On Wed, Jul 01, 2026 at 11:50:01AM +0200, Casey Connolly wrote:

> get_maintainer in U-Boot is configured to include contributors and patch
> reviewers from the git history in the CC list, going back 1 year if they
> have contributed more than 5% of the patches.
> 
> This is well suited to some core U-Boot code that has a long history and
> doesn't get much love from any dedicated maintainer but for newer code
> and board code in general as well as defconfigs it can be frustrating
> for some contributors who do not wish to be CC'd on patches as well as a
> general issue when dead emails are included.
> 
> While it would be desirable to just remove the --git flag and encourage
> those interested to configure lei or just add themselves to MAINTAINERS
> it perhaps makes more sense to phase it out gradually.
> 
> As a first step, reduce the time period that will be checked in the git
> history from 1 year to 6 months, this still offers plenty of leeway for
> contributions to the last 1/2 U-Boot releases. In addition, bump up the
> required percentage of contributions from 5% to 15% and reduce the limit
> on the number of "git maintainers" (i.e. unique S-o-b/A-b/R-b tags) from
> 5 to 2.
> 
> These changes should reduce the size of CC lists while still including
> recent active contributors.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Casey Connolly <casey.connolly@linaro.org>
> ---
> Cc: Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>
> ---
>  .get_maintainer.conf | 7 ++++++-
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/.get_maintainer.conf b/.get_maintainer.conf
> index f916cfbe480e..302fcee9699f 100644
> --- a/.get_maintainer.conf
> +++ b/.get_maintainer.conf
> @@ -1 +1,6 @@
> ---find-maintainer-files --git --maintainer-path=.
> +--find-maintainer-files
> +--git
> +--git-min-percent 15
> +--git-since 6-months-ago
> +--git-max-maintainers 2
> +--maintainer-path=.

Reviewed-by: Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>

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Tom

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