linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] get_maintainer.pl: support running from non-top-level dir

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Message-ID: <CAMn1gO6zzSWJktCeH9Tg=eqpTR5innBOgqVOeDvBV0hcDi-uog@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 23 Feb 2022 14:31:29 -0800
From:   Peter Collingbourne <pcc@...gle.com>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] get_maintainer.pl: support running from non-top-level dir

On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 4:34 PM Peter Collingbourne <pcc@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> My workflow usually involves running scripts from a subdirectory of the
> kernel source tree. This fails with get_maintainer.pl because it assumes
> that it runs from the top level. Fix this assumption by setting $lk_path
> appropriately based on a check of $0 similar to what is in checkpatch.pl.
>
> This also requires fixing the VCS available checks to also check $lk_path.

Ping.

Peter