Re: [PATCH 0/8] MAINTAINERS - add script and patterns

[Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>]

On Thu 2008-10-23 16:09:18, Joe Perches wrote:
> Now that "F:" is documented in MAINTAINERS, this patchset
> adds a script to find the maintainer of an individual
> file or files in a patch and additional patterns to
> MAINTAINERS.
> 
> Other information from MAINTAINERS sections can
> also be generated by file or patch.
> 
> Changes since last submission:
> 
> Changed scripts/get_maintainers.pl mode to 0755
> Fixed INTEL ETHERNET DRIVERS patterns
> Fixed PCMCIA SUBSYSTEM patterns
> Changed patterns for recent asm renames
> Added patterns for recent MAINTAINERS entries
> Removed HP FibreChannel HBA section
> Used single style for "T: git" urls
> Added Linus' git reference
> Added FTRACE git reference
> 
> 1/8: Add scripts/get_maintainer.pl
> 2/8: MAINTAINERS - Add file patterns
> 3/8: MAINTAINERS - Standardize style
> 4/8: MAINTAINERS - remove CS4280
> 5/8: MAINTAINERS - Remove HP Fibre Channel HBA no longer in tree
> 6/8: MAINTAINERS - standardize "T:	git urls"
> 7/8: MAINTAINERS - Add Linus Torvalds' git
> 8/8: MAINTAINERS - Add FTRACE git
> 
> $ ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl 
> usage: ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl [options] patchfile 
>        ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl [options] -f file
> version: 0.12
> 
> MAINTAINER field selection options:
>   --email => print email address(es) if any
>     --git => include recent git *-by: signers
>     --git-chief-penguins => include (Linus Torvalds|Andrew Morton)
>     --m => include maintainer(s) if any
>     --n => include name 'Full Name <addr@domain.tld>'
>     --l => include list(s) if any
>     --s => include subscriber only list(s) if any
>   --scm => print SCM tree(s) if any
>   --status => print status if any
>   --subsystem => print subsystem name if any
>   --web => print website(s) if any
> 
> Output type options:
>   --separator [, ] => separator for multiple entries on 1 line
>   --multiline => print 1 entry per line
> 
> Default options:
>   [--email --git --m --l --multiline]
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>

ACK. It would be nice to get this in... currently MAINTAINERS are hard
to use :-(

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