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 _