Subject: + get_maintainer-fix-detection-of-git-repository.patch added to -mm tree To: richard.genoud@xxxxxxxxx,apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,joe@xxxxxxxxxxx From: akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 13:57:27 -0800 The patch titled Subject: get_maintainer: fix detection of git repository has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is get_maintainer-fix-detection-of-git-repository.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/get_maintainer-fix-detection-of-git-repository.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/get_maintainer-fix-detection-of-git-repository.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Richard Genoud <richard.genoud@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: get_maintainer: fix detection of git repository Since git v1.7.7, the .git directory can be a file when, for example, the kernel is a submodule of another git super project. So, the check "-d .git" is not working anymore in this case. Using a more generic check like "-e .git" corrects this behaviour. Signed-off-by: Richard Genoud <richard.genoud@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/get_maintainer.pl | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN scripts/get_maintainer.pl~get_maintainer-fix-detection-of-git-repository scripts/get_maintainer.pl --- a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl~get_maintainer-fix-detection-of-git-repository +++ a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ my %VCS_cmds; my %VCS_cmds_git = ( "execute_cmd" => \&git_execute_cmd, - "available" => '(which("git") ne "") && (-d ".git")', + "available" => '(which("git") ne "") && (-e ".git")', "find_signers_cmd" => "git log --no-color --follow --since=\$email_git_since " . '--numstat --no-merges ' . _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from richard.genoud@xxxxxxxxx are origin.patch get_maintainer-fix-detection-of-git-repository.patch checkpatch-fix-detection-of-git-repository.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html