On 23.11.2023 21:57, Wolfram Sang wrote: > >> Series was created supported by Coccinelle and its splitpatch. > > I don't know splitpatch. However, I don't understand its result. Why > isn't there one patch for all in drivers/i2c/busses? Also, the subject > prefix should be plain "i2c: <do x for all drivers>" or something. > AFAIK splitpatch uses get_maintainer.pl and creates one patch per maintainer(s). It's not smart enough to group changes per module. What I see is that the subject prefix often is based on personal preference of the subsystem maintainer, so far I don't see a rule. Therefore splitpatch seems to use the longest common part of file path's of grouped patches. I'd appreciate hints on maybe better tools for creating patches for tree-wide changes. If possible I'd like to avoid having to manually split and adjust the patches.
