linux-kernel - Re: [bug] get_maintainer.pl incomplete output

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Message-Id: <20131017121215.826ab6cced73118f3dba8d4f@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Thu, 17 Oct 2013 12:12:15 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
Cc:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	Anton Vorontsov <anton.vorontsov@...aro.org>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>,
	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [bug] get_maintainer.pl incomplete output

On Wed, 16 Oct 2013 20:51:18 -0700 (PDT) David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com> wrote:

> I haven't looked closely at scripts/get_maintainer.pl, but I recently 
> wrote a patch touching mm/vmpressure.c and it doesn't list the file's 
> author, Anton Vorontsov <anton.vorontsov@...aro.org>.
> 
> Even when I do scripts/get_maintainer.pl -f mm/vmpressure.c, his entry is 
> missing and git blame attributs >90% of the lines to his authorship.
> 
> $ ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl -f mm/vmpressure.c 
> Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org> (commit_signer:6/7=86%)
> Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz> (commit_signer:5/7=71%)
> Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> (commit_signer:4/7=57%)
> Li Zefan <lizefan@...wei.com> (commit_signer:3/7=43%)
> "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name> (commit_signer:1/7=14%)
> linux-mm@...ck.org (open list:MEMORY MANAGEMENT)
> linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org (open list)

get_maintainer should, by default, answer the question "who should I
email about this file".  It clearly isn't doing this, and that's a
pretty big fail.

I've learned not to trust it, so when I use it I always have to check
its homework with "git log | grep Author" :(

Joe, pretty please?
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