[PATCH 0/8] MAINTAINERS - add script and patterns

From: Joe Perches
Date: Thu Oct 23 2008 - 19:09:41 EST


Now that "F:" is documented in MAINTAINERS, this patchset
adds a script to find the maintainer of an individual
file or files in a patch and additional patterns to
MAINTAINERS.

Other information from MAINTAINERS sections can
also be generated by file or patch.

Changes since last submission:

Changed scripts/get_maintainers.pl mode to 0755
Fixed INTEL ETHERNET DRIVERS patterns
Fixed PCMCIA SUBSYSTEM patterns
Changed patterns for recent asm renames
Added patterns for recent MAINTAINERS entries
Removed HP FibreChannel HBA section
Used single style for "T: git" urls
Added Linus' git reference
Added FTRACE git reference

1/8: Add scripts/get_maintainer.pl
2/8: MAINTAINERS - Add file patterns
3/8: MAINTAINERS - Standardize style
4/8: MAINTAINERS - remove CS4280
5/8: MAINTAINERS - Remove HP Fibre Channel HBA no longer in tree
6/8: MAINTAINERS - standardize "T: git urls"
7/8: MAINTAINERS - Add Linus Torvalds' git
8/8: MAINTAINERS - Add FTRACE git

$ ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl
usage: ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl [options] patchfile
./scripts/get_maintainer.pl [options] -f file
version: 0.12

MAINTAINER field selection options:
--email => print email address(es) if any
--git => include recent git *-by: signers
--git-chief-penguins => include (Linus Torvalds|Andrew Morton)
--m => include maintainer(s) if any
--n => include name 'Full Name <addr@xxxxxxxxxx>'
--l => include list(s) if any
--s => include subscriber only list(s) if any
--scm => print SCM tree(s) if any
--status => print status if any
--subsystem => print subsystem name if any
--web => print website(s) if any

Output type options:
--separator [, ] => separator for multiple entries on 1 line
--multiline => print 1 entry per line

Default options:
[--email --git --m --l --multiline]

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>


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