linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] get_maintainer.pl: Find maintainers for removed files

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Date:	Fri, 28 Dec 2012 12:00:21 -0800
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] get_maintainer.pl: Find maintainers for removed files

On Fri, 2012-12-28 at 20:27 +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> For removed files, get_maintainer.pl doesn't find any maintainers (besides
> the default linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org), as it only looks at the "+++"
> lines, which are "/dev/null" for removals.
> Fix this by extending the parsing to the "---" lines.
[]
> diff --git a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
[]
> @@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ foreach my $file (@ARGV) {
>  
>  	while (<$patch>) {
>  	    my $patch_line = $_;
> -	    if (m/^\+\+\+\s+(\S+)/) {
> +	    if (m/^\+\+\+\s+(\S+)/ or m/^---\s+(\S+)/) {
>  		my $filename = $1;
>  		$filename =~ s@^[^/]*/@@;
>  		$filename =~ s@\n@@;

OK, but this would now match any keyword in a deleted filename.


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