Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 29 Oct 2015 16:52:59 +0100 | From | Wolfram Sang <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: i2c: mark also subdirectories as maintained |
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> + The scripts/get_maintainer.pl tool has a quirk about subdirectories. > + If the file pattern is for a directory, then any subdirectories of > + the parent directory should also be specified. For instance: > + F: drivers/i2c/ > + F: drivers/i2c/*/ > + Otherwise, the scripts/get_maintainer.pl tool by default will use > + git history to add additional people that have "Signed-off-by:" > + style signatures on commits to files in those subdirectories.
I'd be fine with the change. The patch description should probably state why fixing the tool is not worth it.
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