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authorAntonio Nino Diaz <antonio.ninodiaz@arm.com>2018-08-22 07:56:48 +0300
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2018-08-22 20:52:47 +0300
commit31bb82c9caa9bd8fa8865fa28a7a81f67ddc0539 (patch)
tree8eb55576e12af750dce3d0166b1f3f5268cd2a0b /scripts
parent92e641784055998879942d39c74d4f84fa750968 (diff)
downloadlinux-31bb82c9caa9bd8fa8865fa28a7a81f67ddc0539.tar.xz
get_maintainer: allow usage outside of kernel tree
Add option '--no-tree' to get_maintainer.pl script to allow using this script in projects that aren't the Linux kernel if they use the same format for their MAINTAINERS file. This command is also available in checkpatch.pl, for example. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/04452ac6-1575-f612-72c6-6ea88e70a9d5@arm.com Signed-off-by: Antonio Nino Diaz <antonio.ninodiaz@arm.com> Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'scripts')
-rwxr-xr-xscripts/get_maintainer.pl9
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
index c87fa734e3e1..82a482f858ee 100755
--- a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
+++ b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ my $output_roles = 0;
my $output_rolestats = 1;
my $output_section_maxlen = 50;
my $scm = 0;
+my $tree = 1;
my $web = 0;
my $subsystem = 0;
my $status = 0;
@@ -255,6 +256,7 @@ if (!GetOptions(
'subsystem!' => \$subsystem,
'status!' => \$status,
'scm!' => \$scm,
+ 'tree!' => \$tree,
'web!' => \$web,
'letters=s' => \$letters,
'pattern-depth=i' => \$pattern_depth,
@@ -319,7 +321,7 @@ if ($email &&
die "$P: Please select at least 1 email option\n";
}
-if (!top_of_kernel_tree($lk_path)) {
+if ($tree && !top_of_kernel_tree($lk_path)) {
die "$P: The current directory does not appear to be "
. "a linux kernel source tree.\n";
}
@@ -1031,13 +1033,14 @@ Other options:
--sections => print all of the subsystem sections with pattern matches
--letters => print all matching 'letter' types from all matching sections
--mailmap => use .mailmap file (default: $email_use_mailmap)
+ --no-tree => run without a kernel tree
--self-test => show potential issues with MAINTAINERS file content
--version => show version
--help => show this help information
Default options:
- [--email --nogit --git-fallback --m --r --n --l --multiline --pattern-depth=0
- --remove-duplicates --rolestats]
+ [--email --tree --nogit --git-fallback --m --r --n --l --multiline
+ --pattern-depth=0 --remove-duplicates --rolestats]
Notes:
Using "-f directory" may give unexpected results: