The patch titled Subject: get_maintainer: quiet noisy implicit -f vcs_file_exists checking has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is get_maintainer-quiet-noisy-implicit-f-vcs_file_exists-checking.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/get_maintainer-quiet-noisy-implicit-f-vcs_file_exists-checking.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/get_maintainer-quiet-noisy-implicit-f-vcs_file_exists-checking.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: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: get_maintainer: quiet noisy implicit -f vcs_file_exists checking Checking command line filenames that are outside the git tree can emit a noisy and confusing message. Quiet that message by redirecting stderr. Verify that the command was executed successfully. Fixes: 4cad35a7ca69 ("get_maintainer.pl: reduce need for command-line option -f") Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1970a1d2fecb258e384e2e4fdaacdc9ccf3e30a4.1470955439.git.joe@xxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/get_maintainer.pl | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN scripts/get_maintainer.pl~get_maintainer-quiet-noisy-implicit-f-vcs_file_exists-checking scripts/get_maintainer.pl --- a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl~get_maintainer-quiet-noisy-implicit-f-vcs_file_exists-checking +++ a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl @@ -2136,9 +2136,11 @@ sub vcs_file_exists { my $cmd = $VCS_cmds{"file_exists_cmd"}; $cmd =~ s/(\$\w+)/$1/eeg; # interpolate $cmd - + $cmd .= " 2>&1"; $exists = &{$VCS_cmds{"execute_cmd"}}($cmd); + return 0 if ($? != 0); + return $exists; } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from joe@xxxxxxxxxxx are get_maintainer-quiet-noisy-implicit-f-vcs_file_exists-checking.patch seq-proc-modify-seq_put_decimal_ll-to-take-a-const-char-not-char.patch meminfo-break-apart-a-very-long-seq_printf-with-ifdefs.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