From f1a693994b1c340ceb982cf1da467da0e545e36d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Krzysztof Kozlowski Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2022 20:56:45 +0200 Subject: Documentation/process: use scripts/get_maintainer.pl on patches Explain that, when collecting list of people to Cc the patch, scripts/get_maintainer.pl should be used on patches, not on the directories. The behavior is quite different, because with "-f" on a directory, the maintainers of individual files will not be shown. Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220427185645.677039-1-krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet --- Documentation/process/3.Early-stage.rst | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation/process/3.Early-stage.rst') diff --git a/Documentation/process/3.Early-stage.rst b/Documentation/process/3.Early-stage.rst index 6bfd60d77d1a..894a920041c6 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/3.Early-stage.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/3.Early-stage.rst @@ -154,10 +154,11 @@ that the kernel developers have added a script to ease the process: This script will return the current maintainer(s) for a given file or directory when given the "-f" option. If passed a patch on the command line, it will list the maintainers who should probably receive -copies of the patch. There are a number of options regulating how hard -get_maintainer.pl will search for maintainers; please be careful about -using the more aggressive options as you may end up including developers -who have no real interest in the code you are modifying. +copies of the patch. This is the preferred way (unlike "-f" option) to get the +list of people to Cc for your patches. There are a number of options +regulating how hard get_maintainer.pl will search for maintainers; please be +careful about using the more aggressive options as you may end up including +developers who have no real interest in the code you are modifying. If all else fails, talking to Andrew Morton can be an effective way to track down a maintainer for a specific piece of code. -- cgit v1.2.3