Re: [PATCH] get_maintainer.pl: Add optional .get_maintainer.MAINTAINERS override

[Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>]

On Fri, 2018-07-06 at 13:54 -0400, Don Zickus wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 01:16:11PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Tue, 2018-06-26 at 14:25 -0400, Prarit Bhargava wrote:
> > > OSes have additional maintainers that should be cc'd on patches or may
> > > want to circulate internal patches.
> > > 
> > > Parse the .get_maintainer.MAINTAINERS file.  Entries in the file
> > > can begin with a '+' to indicate the email and list entries should be
> > > added to the exiting MAINTAINERS output, or a '-' to indicate that the
> > > entries should override the existing MAINTAINERS file.
> > > 
> > > Also add a help entry for the .get_maintainers.ignore file.
> > 
> > I see no reason for this patch to be applied.
> > Why should it?
> > Why shouldn't this be in your private repository?
> 
> Hi Joe,
> 
> Would you be open to a '--mfile=<path>/MAINTAINERS' option that would
> override the default ./MAINTAINERS file?  Then we could just add that to our
> .get_maintainers.conf file.

Hi Don.

Sure.

And that kinda already exists in mainline with
--find-maintainer-files where any subdirectory
that contains a MAINTAINER file is also read.

> Just trying to find ways to minimize our collection of private patches.

Perhaps that could be extended for your purpose
with some additional argument like a specific
optional directory/path where every subdirectory
would be found.

> Cheers,
> Don

cheers back, Joe

> > > +		$line =~ s/\s*\n?$//;
> > > +		push(@mfiles, $line);
> > > +	    }
> > > +	    close($conffile);
> > > +	    if ($add eq 0) {
> > > +		foreach my $file (@mfiles) {
> > > +		     read_maintainer_file("$file");
> > > +		}
> > > +		return;
> > > +	    }
> > > +	}
> > > +
> > >      if (-d "${lk_path}MAINTAINERS") {
> > >          opendir(DIR, "${lk_path}MAINTAINERS") or die $!;
> > >          my @files = readdir(DIR);
> > > @@ -1068,6 +1094,14 @@ Notes:
> > >        Entries in this file can be any command line argument.
> > >        This file is prepended to any additional command line arguments.
> > >        Multiple lines and # comments are allowed.
> > > +  File ".get_maintainer.ignore", if it exists in the linux kernel source root
> > > +      directory, can contain a list of email addresses to ignore.  Multiple
> > > +      lines and # comments are allowed.
> > > +  File ".get_maintainer.MAINTAINERS", if it exists in the linux kernel source
> > > +      root directory, can change the location of the MAINTAINERS file.
> > > +      Entries beginning with a '+' are added to the default list, and
> > > +      entries beginning with a '-' override the existing MAINTAINERS list
> > > +      lookup.  Multiple lines and # comments are allowed.
> > >    Most options have both positive and negative forms.
> > >        The negative forms for --<foo> are --no<foo> and --no-<foo>.
> > >