Re: [PATCH] get_maintainer.pl: Find maintainers for removed files

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 8:36 PM, Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 08:27:50PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>> For removed files, get_maintainer.pl doesn't find any maintainers (besides
>> the default linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx), as it only looks at the "+++"
>> lines, which are "/dev/null" for removals.
>> Fix this by extending the parsing to the "---" lines.
>>
>> E.g. for the two line test patch below the real score maintainers will now
>> be found:
>
> *snort*
>
> I'm afraid that finding anybody matching that description would reqiure
> a functioning time machine.  AFAICT, arch/score has been orphaned for
> several years.

;-)

Sorry, I meant the maintainers listed in MAINTAINERS.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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