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 @@ -957,8 +957,10 @@ 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) { _
