Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 14 Oct 2014 19:31:09 -0700 | From | Scott Branden <> | Subject | Re: get_maintainers.pl doesn't actually get the real MAINTAINERS? |
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On 14-10-14 07:26 PM, Joe Perches wrote: > On Tue, 2014-10-14 at 19:18 -0700, Scott Branden wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I try running scripts/get_maintainers.pl but it doesn't seem to get the >> real maintainers properly. Please note this is run against the current >> MAINTAINERS file. >> >> One Example: I would expect drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-bcm2835.c to be >> maintained by Stephen Warren based on drivers/*/*bcm2835* below. > > get_maintainers doesn't use * as a depth wildcard > > */ matches a single top level directory level > */*/ matches one level below the top directory level. > >> But >> the get_maintainers.pl script does not seem to process the information >> in such a way. So what needs to be corrected - the script or the syntax >> used in the MAINTAINERS file? >> >> BROADCOM BCM2835 ARM ARCHICTURE >> M: Stephen Warren <swarren@wwwdotorg.org> >> L: linux-rpi-kernel@lists.infradead.org (moderated for non-subscribers) >> T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/swarren/linux-rpi.git >> S: Maintained >> F: arch/arm/mach-bcm/board_bcm2835.c >> F: arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm2835* >> F: arch/arm/configs/bcm2835_defconfig >> F: drivers/*/*bcm2835* > > F: drivers/*/*/*bmc2835* Thanks for the explanation. So somebody should really do the following to maintain any files no matter where they are located? F: */*bcm2835* F: */*/*bcm2835* F: */*/*/*bcm2835* F: */*/*/*/*bcm2835* F: */*/*/*/*/*bcm2835* F: */*/*/*/*/*/*bcm2835* F: */*/*/*/*/*/*/*bcm2835*
Or, can a recursive option be added in the script? > >
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