linux-kernel - [PATCH V2] get_maintainer: Exclude MAINTAINERS file(s) from --git-fallback

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Date:   Fri, 21 Aug 2020 11:05:03 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH V2] get_maintainer: Exclude MAINTAINERS file(s) from
 --git-fallback

MAINTAINERS files generally have no specific maintainer but are updated
by individuals for subsystems all over the source tree.

Exclude MAINTAINERS file(s) from --git-fallback searches so the unlucky
individuals that update the files the most are not shown by default.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
---

V2:

Remove --git and --git-blame from the exclusion.
Someone who _really_ wants that info should get it.

 scripts/get_maintainer.pl | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
index 484d2fbf5921..7ea461dc208e 100755
--- a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
+++ b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
@@ -954,8 +954,10 @@ sub get_maintainers {
 
     foreach my $file (@files) {
 	if ($email &&
-	    ($email_git || ($email_git_fallback &&
-			    !$exact_pattern_match_hash{$file}))) {
+	    ($email_git ||
+	     ($email_git_fallback &&
+	      $file !~ /MAINTAINERS$/ &&
+	      !$exact_pattern_match_hash{$file}))) {
 	    vcs_file_signoffs($file);
 	}
 	if ($email && $email_git_blame) {