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SubjectRe: [PATCH RESEND v4] MAINTAINERS: fix lots of alphabetic ordering
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On Thu, 2017-07-20 at 11:03 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 9:48 AM, Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:
> >
> > Same general concept, but then an expectation would be
> > relative paths for filename patterns.
>
> No, I actually think we really should require the filename patterns to
> be absolute, even if the MAINTAINERS file might be deep in the
> hierarchy.

So do I but I bet dollars to doughnuts it happens
because expectations are what people assume so use too.

> So file patterns absolutely would need to remain relative to the top
> of the repository, not to the location of the MAINTAINERS file.

yup.

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