The patch titled
Subject: get_maintainer: exclude MAINTAINERS file(s) from --git-fallback
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
get_maintainer-exclude-maintainers-files-from-git-fallback.patch
This patch should soon appear at
https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/get_maintainer-exclude-maintainers-files-from-git-fallback.patch
and later at
https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/get_maintainer-exclude-maintainers-files-from-git-fallback.patch
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From: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: get_maintainer: exclude MAINTAINERS file(s) from --git-fallback
MAINTAINERS files generally have no specific maintainer but are updated by
individuals for subsystems all over the source tree.
Exclude MAINTAINERS file(s) from --git-fallback searches so the unlucky
individuals that update the files the most are not shown by default.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/2bacb0a9c06fbb6d56a43bf930e808c74243c908.camel@xxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/get_maintainer.pl | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl~get_maintainer-exclude-maintainers-files-from-git-fallback
+++ a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
@@ -954,8 +954,10 @@ sub get_maintainers {
foreach my $file (@files) {
if ($email &&
- ($email_git || ($email_git_fallback &&
- !$exact_pattern_match_hash{$file}))) {
+ ($email_git ||
+ ($email_git_fallback &&
+ $file !~ /MAINTAINERS$/ &&
+ !$exact_pattern_match_hash{$file}))) {
vcs_file_signoffs($file);
}
if ($email && $email_git_blame) {
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from joe@xxxxxxxxxxx are
checkpatch-test-git_dir-changes.patch
get_maintainer-exclude-maintainers-files-from-git-fallback.patch
checkpatch-move-repeated-word-test.patch
checkpatch-add-test-for-comma-use-that-should-be-semicolon.patch
