linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 13/14] scripts: add checkmaintainers.py

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Date:	Sun, 03 Mar 2013 11:40:48 +0100
From:	Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
To:	Cesar Eduardo Barros <cesarb@...arb.net>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 13/14] scripts: add checkmaintainers.py

On Sat, 2013-03-02 at 22:53 -0300, Cesar Eduardo Barros wrote:
> For every file pattern, it checks if the pattern matches any file or
> directory in the kernel tree, printing the patterns which do not have a
> match.

In a script I cobbled together for local consumption, I invoked "git
ls-files" to generate the list of files to check against. Using the
files and directories currently in one's kernel tree is liable to
generating false positives or false negatives.


Paul Bolle

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