linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] MAINTAINERS: Remove asterisk from EFI directory names

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Date:	Fri, 13 May 2016 08:23:47 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Xose Vazquez Perez <xose.vazquez@...il.com>,
	Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] MAINTAINERS: Remove asterisk from EFI directory
 names

On Fri, 2016-05-13 at 17:11 +0200, Xose Vazquez Perez wrote:
> Matt Fleming wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Mark reported that having asterisks on the end of directory names
> > confuses get_maintainer.pl when it encounters subdirectories, and
> > that
> If this's a get_maintainer.pl bug, it should also happen in:

Mark is confused.

The meaning of * is all the files in a particular
directory but not any subdirectories.