The patch titled
Subject: get_maintainer: add test for file in VCS
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
get_maintainer-add-test-for-file-in-vcs.patch
This patch should soon appear at
https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/get_maintainer-add-test-for-file-in-vcs.patch
and later at
https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/get_maintainer-add-test-for-file-in-vcs.patch
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From: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: get_maintainer: add test for file in VCS
It's somewhat common for me to ask get_maintainer to tell me who maintains
a patch file rather than the files modified by the patch.
Emit a warning if using get_maintainer.pl -f <patchfile>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/f63229c051567041819f25e76f49d83c6e4c0f71.camel@xxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/get_maintainer.pl | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
--- a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl~get_maintainer-add-test-for-file-in-vcs
+++ a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
@@ -541,6 +541,9 @@ foreach my $file (@ARGV) {
die "$P: file '${file}' not found\n";
}
}
+ if ($from_filename && (vcs_exists() && !vcs_file_exists($file))) {
+ warn "$P: file '$file' not found in version control $!\n";
+ }
if ($from_filename || ($file ne "&STDIN" && vcs_file_exists($file))) {
$file =~ s/^\Q${cur_path}\E//; #strip any absolute path
$file =~ s/^\Q${lk_path}\E//; #or the path to the lk tree
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from joe@xxxxxxxxxxx are
checkpatch-test-git_dir-changes.patch
get_maintainer-add-test-for-file-in-vcs.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
