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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 0/1] Add add-maintainer.py script
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Hi,

On 03/08/2023 10:23, Guru Das Srinagesh wrote:
> When pushing patches to upstream, the `get_maintainer.pl` script is used to
> determine whom to send the patches to. Instead of having to manually process
> the output of the script, add a wrapper script to do that for you.
>
> The add-maintainer.py script adds maintainers (and mailing lists) to a patch,
> editing it in-place.

FYI the b4 prep command does this:
https://github.com/mricon/b4/blob/e8045d1353165cc065b2f1b180bf1b0846af510e/b4/ez.py#L2055

Perhaps it could be useful to make sure the output is similar ?

So far I've been very satisfied by the output of b4 auto_to_cc.

Thanks,
Neil

>
> Thanks to Bjorn for being a sounding board to this idea and for his valuable
> suggestions.
>
> Please try out this script with `--verbosity debug` for verifying that it's
> doing "the right thing". I've tested this with a patch series from various
> subsystems to ensure variety of maintainers and lists output and found it to be
> doing what it is supposed to do.
>
> I referred to the following links during development of this script:
> - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4427542/how-to-do-sed-like-text-replace-with-python
> - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4146009/python-get-list-indexes-using-regular-expression
> - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10507230/insert-line-at-middle-of-file-with-python
>
> v1 -> v2:
> - Added set-union logic based on Pavan's comments [1] and Bjorn's early suggestion
> - Expanded audience and added more mailing lists to get more review comments and feedback
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/63764b84-3ebd-4081-836f-4863af196228@quicinc.com/
>
> Guru Das Srinagesh (1):
> scripts: Add add-maintainer.py
>
> scripts/add-maintainer.py | 113 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 113 insertions(+)
> create mode 100755 scripts/add-maintainer.py
>

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