On 04/05/2022 16:52, Hector Martin wrote: > On 04/05/2022 19.17, Viresh Kumar wrote: >> On 04-05-22, 16:51, Hector Martin wrote: >>> Splitting this commit, as usual, to facilitate merges via the SoC tree. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Hector Martin <marcan@xxxxxxxxx> >>> --- >>> MAINTAINERS | 2 ++ >>> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) >>> >>> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS >>> index edc96cdb85e8..39bfa478fe55 100644 >>> --- a/MAINTAINERS >>> +++ b/MAINTAINERS >>> @@ -1835,6 +1835,7 @@ T: git https://github.com/AsahiLinux/linux.git >>> F: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/apple.yaml >>> F: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/apple/* >>> F: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/apple,nco.yaml >>> +F: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/cpufreq/apple,soc-cpufreq.yaml >>> F: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/apple,i2c.yaml >>> F: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/interrupt-controller/apple,* >>> F: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mailbox/apple,mailbox.yaml >>> @@ -1844,6 +1845,7 @@ F: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/power/apple* >>> F: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/watchdog/apple,wdt.yaml >>> F: arch/arm64/boot/dts/apple/ >>> F: drivers/clk/clk-apple-nco.c >>> +F: drivers/cpufreq/apple-soc-cpufreq.c >>> F: drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-pasemi-core.c >>> F: drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-pasemi-platform.c >>> F: drivers/irqchip/irq-apple-aic.c >> >> This should be the last patch instead, or should at least be added >> after the files are merged first. If someone checks out at this >> commit, the files won't be available but still linked here. > > Isn't that backwards? No, because we have tools for checking valid paths (in some places), so when using that tool, the history is not bisectable. > If someone touches the files, we want them to be > able to get_maintainer.pl, so the MAINTAINERS entries should come first. > It doesn't really cause any issues if there are entries that point at > files that don't exist yet, right? It hurts any current or future tools checking for valid paths. > > Though this is mostly a moot point because the purpose of splitting this > out is so we can merge this one patch through the SoC tree, at which > point the ordering isn't guaranteed (unless the whole series goes > through SoC). Just add each path change to respective commit adding that file. It should not be a separate commit, at first place. Separate commits are for adding entire Maintainers entry. Best regards, Krzysztof