Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:52:54 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/8] Add scripts/get_maintainer.pl |
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On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:09:19 -0700 Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:
> A script to parse file pattern information in MAINTAINERS > and return selected information about a file or patch > > $ scripts/get_maintainer.pl > usage: ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl [options] patchfile > ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl [options] -f file > version: 0.12
Example output would be nice to see. Hopefully it is in the
Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
form, ready to be pasted into an email client?
otoh, we'll sometimes also want the
joe@perches.com,akpm@linux-foundation.org
form for use by scripts.
Also, this:
MAINTAINERS | 1096 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 1094 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
isn't practical for me or Stephen to carry, I'm afraid. That's probably the most-patched file in the kernel. This will need to be a direct you->Linus thing.
I think the feature is sorely needed and will prove useful.
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