linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] get_maintainer: Don't fallback to git by default

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Message-ID: <20151027232526.GA1572@katana>
Date:	Wed, 28 Oct 2015 00:25:26 +0100
From:	Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
	Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@....samsung.com>,
	Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel-owner@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] get_maintainer: Don't fallback to git by default


> Another option would be to add another pattern to the
> I2C section that matches all subdirectories of drivers/i2c/:
> ---
>  MAINTAINERS | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index fb7d2e4..c670e1f 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -5104,6 +5104,7 @@ S:	Maintained
>  F:	Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/
>  F:	Documentation/i2c/
>  F:	drivers/i2c/
> +F:	drivers/i2c/*/

Hmm, what would be the drawback of extending the meaning of
'drivers/i2c/' to include 'drivers/i2c/*/'? To be honest, I assumed it
works this way already and I'd think I am not alone with that
assumption.

Thanks for looking into this!


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