On Wed, 2016-07-27 at 20:12 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 7:57 PM, Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > It'll continue to list only Al Viro unless a --git cmdline option > > is specified and almost no one uses that. > Did you actually try it. yes. $ ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl -f fs/binfmt_misc.c Alexander Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (maintainer:FILESYSTEMS (VFS and infrastructure)) linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (open list:FILESYSTEMS (VFS and infrastructure)) linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (open list) joe@XPS-9350:~/linux/next$ ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl -f fs/binfmt_misc.c --git Alexander Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (maintainer:FILESYSTEMS (VFS and infrastructure),commit_signer:2/3=67%,authored:2/3=67%,added_lines:10/49 =20%,removed_lines:14/16=88%) James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (commit_signer:1/3=33%,authored:1/3=33%,added_lines:39/49=80%,removed_li nes:2/16=12%) Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (commit_signer:1/3=33%) linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (open list:FILESYSTEMS (VFS and infrastructure)) linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (open list) > The get_maintainer.pl script should use "--git-fallback" by default, > so in the absence of a an exact match (which it won't have) it _will_ > in fact pick out recent git authorship. > > (Where "recent" means "in the last year" by default). > > I depend that recent authorship matching quite a lot. In fact, I think > the reason nobody uses "--git" is that the default "--git-fallback" is > sufficient most of the time. > > Linus -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
