linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] get_maintainer: Allow option --mpath <directory> to read all files in <directory>

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Message-ID: <20180815210716.26wfdxtt3c5uup3q@redhat.com>
Date:   Wed, 15 Aug 2018 17:07:16 -0400
From:   Don Zickus <dzickus@...hat.com>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] get_maintainer: Allow option --mpath <directory> to read
 all files in <directory>

On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 06:12:44PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> There is an external use case for multiple private MAINTAINER
> style files in a separate directory.  Allow it.
> 
> --mpath has a default of "./MAINTAINERS".
> 
> The value entered can be either a file or a directory.
> 
> The behaviors are now:
> 
> --mpath <file>          Read only the specific file as <MAINTAINER_TYPE> file
> --mpath <directory>     Read all files in <directory> as <MAINTAINER_TYPE> files
> --mpath <directory> --find-maintainer-files
>                         Recurse through <directory> and read all files named MAINTAINERS

Tested-by: Don Zickus <dzickus@...hat.com>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
> ---
>  scripts/get_maintainer.pl | 13 ++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
> index 0ebdefe74d5b..c1c088ef1420 100755
> --- a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
> +++ b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
> @@ -396,7 +396,12 @@ sub read_all_maintainer_files {
>  
>      if (-d $path) {
>  	$path .= '/' if ($path !~ m@/$@);
> -	if ($path eq "${lk_path}MAINTAINERS/") {
> +	if ($find_maintainer_files) {
> +	    find( { wanted => \&find_is_maintainer_file,
> +		    preprocess => \&find_ignore_git,
> +		    no_chdir => 1,
> +		}, "$path");
> +	} else {
>  	    opendir(DIR, "$path") or die $!;
>  	    my @files = readdir(DIR);
>  	    closedir(DIR);
> @@ -404,12 +409,6 @@ sub read_all_maintainer_files {
>  		push(@mfiles, "$path$file") if ($file !~ /^\./);
>  	    }
>  	}
> -	if ($find_maintainer_files) {
> -	    find( { wanted => \&find_is_maintainer_file,
> -		    preprocess => \&find_ignore_git,
> -		    no_chdir => 1,
> -		}, "$path");
> -	}
>      } elsif (-f "$path") {
>  	push(@mfiles, "$path");
>      } else {
>