The patch titled
Subject: get_maintainer: allow usage outside of kernel tree
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
get_maintainer-allow-usage-outside-of-kernel-tree.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/get_maintainer-allow-usage-outside-of-kernel-tree.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/get_maintainer-allow-usage-outside-of-kernel-tree.patch
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From: Antonio Nino Diaz <antonio.ninodiaz@xxxxxxx>
Subject: get_maintainer: allow usage outside of kernel tree
Add option '--no-tree' to get_maintainer.pl script to allow using this
script in projects that aren't the Linux kernel if they use the same
format for their MAINTAINERS file. This command is also available in
checkpatch.pl, for example.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/04452ac6-1575-f612-72c6-6ea88e70a9d5@xxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Antonio Nino Diaz <antonio.ninodiaz@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/get_maintainer.pl | 9 ++++++---
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
--- a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl~get_maintainer-allow-usage-outside-of-kernel-tree
+++ a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ my $output_roles = 0;
my $output_rolestats = 1;
my $output_section_maxlen = 50;
my $scm = 0;
+my $tree = 1;
my $web = 0;
my $subsystem = 0;
my $status = 0;
@@ -255,6 +256,7 @@ if (!GetOptions(
'subsystem!' => \$subsystem,
'status!' => \$status,
'scm!' => \$scm,
+ 'tree!' => \$tree,
'web!' => \$web,
'letters=s' => \$letters,
'pattern-depth=i' => \$pattern_depth,
@@ -319,7 +321,7 @@ if ($email &&
die "$P: Please select at least 1 email option\n";
}
-if (!top_of_kernel_tree($lk_path)) {
+if ($tree && !top_of_kernel_tree($lk_path)) {
die "$P: The current directory does not appear to be "
. "a linux kernel source tree.\n";
}
@@ -1031,13 +1033,14 @@ Other options:
--sections => print all of the subsystem sections with pattern matches
--letters => print all matching 'letter' types from all matching sections
--mailmap => use .mailmap file (default: $email_use_mailmap)
+ --no-tree => run without a kernel tree
--self-test => show potential issues with MAINTAINERS file content
--version => show version
--help => show this help information
Default options:
- [--email --nogit --git-fallback --m --r --n --l --multiline --pattern-depth=0
- --remove-duplicates --rolestats]
+ [--email --tree --nogit --git-fallback --m --r --n --l --multiline
+ --pattern-depth=0 --remove-duplicates --rolestats]
Notes:
Using "-f directory" may give unexpected results:
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from antonio.ninodiaz@xxxxxxx are
get_maintainer-allow-usage-outside-of-kernel-tree.patch
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