Re: [PATCH] get_maintainer: Allow usage outside of kernel tree

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

On Tue, 26 Jun 2018 11:07:03 +0100 Antonio Nino Diaz <antonio.ninodiaz@arm.com> wrote:

> Add option '--no-tree' to get_maintainer.pl script to allow using this
> script in projects that aren't the Linux kernel if they use the same
> format for their MAINTAINERS file. This command is also available in
> checkpatch.pl, for example.
> 

Seems OK to me?

Please note that your email client is converting tabs to spaces.

> --- a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
> +++ b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
> @@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ my $output_roles = 0;
>  my $output_rolestats = 1;
>  my $output_section_maxlen = 50;
>  my $scm = 0;
> +my $tree = 1;
>  my $web = 0;
>  my $subsystem = 0;
>  my $status = 0;
> @@ -255,6 +256,7 @@ if (!GetOptions(
>                 'subsystem!' => \$subsystem,
>                 'status!' => \$status,
>                 'scm!' => \$scm,
> +               'tree!' => \$tree,
>                 'web!' => \$web,
>                 'letters=s' => \$letters,
>                 'pattern-depth=i' => \$pattern_depth,
> @@ -319,7 +321,7 @@ if ($email &&
>      die "$P: Please select at least 1 email option\n";
>  }
> 
> -if (!top_of_kernel_tree($lk_path)) {
> +if ($tree && !top_of_kernel_tree($lk_path)) {
>      die "$P: The current directory does not appear to be "
>         . "a linux kernel source tree.\n";
>  }
> @@ -1031,13 +1033,14 @@ Other options:
>    --sections => print all of the subsystem sections with pattern matches
>    --letters => print all matching 'letter' types from all matching sections
>    --mailmap => use .mailmap file (default: $email_use_mailmap)
> +  --no-tree => run without a kernel tree
>    --self-test => show potential issues with MAINTAINERS file content
>    --version => show version
>    --help => show this help information
> 
>  Default options:
> -  [--email --nogit --git-fallback --m --r --n --l --multiline --pattern-depth=0
> -   --remove-duplicates --rolestats]
> +  [--email --tree --nogit --git-fallback --m --r --n --l --multiline
> +   --pattern-depth=0 --remove-duplicates --rolestats]
> 
>  Notes:
>    Using "-f directory" may give unexpected results: