linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -next] get_maintainer: Improve "Author:" rolestats

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Message-ID: <527889CB.50807@asianux.com>
Date:	Tue, 05 Nov 2013 14:01:47 +0800
From:	Chen Gang <gang.chen@...anux.com>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
CC:	Chen Gang F T <chen.gang.flying.transformer@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next] get_maintainer: Improve "Author:" rolestats

On 11/05/2013 01:50 PM, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Tue, 2013-11-05 at 13:42 +0800, Chen Gang wrote:
>> On 11/05/2013 01:23 PM, Joe Perches wrote:
>>> On Tue, 2013-11-05 at 10:37 +0800, Chen Gang wrote:
> 
>> (if so, it seems the related
>> patch need be re-committed again by the related author).
> 
> No it doesn't mean that.
> 
> Prior to this patch, get_maintainer only used "sign-off-by"
> style lines to find interested parties to send patches to
> when the MAINTAINERS file did not have a specific section
> entry with a matching file pattern to the files that that
> the patch modified.
> 
> And there was a defect in the script when no commit history
> at all was found for the files modified during the period
> selected (1 year of git log history by default)
> 
> Now, using this newly modified get_maintainer.pl script,
> the commit authors shown in the git log history as well as
> the commit signers are selected.
> 
> If there is no git history, the script defect is also fixed.
> 

Yeah, our "get_maintainer.pl" need be smart enough to bear it (this
patch let our "get_maintainer.pl" smart enough).

But for this kind of patch, need it re-commit again? (for me, I
recommend to re-commit it again by the related author).


Thanks.
-- 
Chen Gang
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