Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Explain that, when collecting list of people to Cc the patch, > scripts/get_maintainer.pl should be used on patches, not on the > directories. The behavior is quite different, because with "-f" on > a directory, the maintainers of individual files will not be shown. > > Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > It seems using the script on patches is not obvious and it already > caused some misunderstandings. > --- > Documentation/doc-guide/contributing.rst | 5 +++-- > Documentation/process/3.Early-stage.rst | 9 +++++---- > Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 7 ++++--- > 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) I worry about trying to cram every detail into these documents; it's not as if their length isn't intimidating already. But I've gone ahead and applied this, thanks. jon
