Re: get_maintainers.pl doesn't actually get the real MAINTAINERS?

[Scott Branden <sbranden@broadcom.com>]

On 14-10-14 07:26 PM, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Tue, 2014-10-14 at 19:18 -0700, Scott Branden wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I try running scripts/get_maintainers.pl but it doesn't seem to get the
>> real maintainers properly.  Please note this is run against the current
>> MAINTAINERS file.
>>
>> One Example:  I would expect drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-bcm2835.c to be
>> maintained by Stephen Warren based on drivers/*/*bcm2835* below.
>
> get_maintainers doesn't use * as a depth wildcard
>
> */ matches a single top level directory level
> */*/ matches one level below the top directory level.
>
>>    But
>> the get_maintainers.pl script does not seem to process the information
>> in such a way.  So what needs to be corrected - the script or the syntax
>> used in the MAINTAINERS file?
>>
>> BROADCOM BCM2835 ARM ARCHICTURE
>> M:	Stephen Warren <swarren@wwwdotorg.org>
>> L:	linux-rpi-kernel@lists.infradead.org (moderated for non-subscribers)
>> T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/swarren/linux-rpi.git
>> S:	Maintained
>> F:	arch/arm/mach-bcm/board_bcm2835.c
>> F:	arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm2835*
>> F:	arch/arm/configs/bcm2835_defconfig
>> F:	drivers/*/*bcm2835*
>
> F:	drivers/*/*/*bmc2835*
Thanks for the explanation.  So somebody should really do the following 
to maintain any files no matter where they are located?
F:	*/*bcm2835*
F:	*/*/*bcm2835*
F:	*/*/*/*bcm2835*
F:	*/*/*/*/*bcm2835*
F:	*/*/*/*/*/*bcm2835*
F:	*/*/*/*/*/*/*bcm2835*
F:	*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*bcm2835*

Or, can a recursive option be added in the script?
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