linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 0/1] Add add-maintainer.py script

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Message-ID: <cover.1691049436.git.quic_gurus@quicinc.com>
Date:   Thu, 3 Aug 2023 01:23:15 -0700
From:   Guru Das Srinagesh <quic_gurus@...cinc.com>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "Nicolas Schier" <nicolas@...sle.eu>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        "Bjorn Andersson" <andersson@...nel.org>, <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>, Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        "Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        <quic_pkondeti@...cinc.com>, <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
CC:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>, <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
        Guru Das Srinagesh <quic_gurus@...cinc.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 0/1] Add add-maintainer.py script

When pushing patches to upstream, the `get_maintainer.pl` script is used to
determine whom to send the patches to. Instead of having to manually process
the output of the script, add a wrapper script to do that for you.

The add-maintainer.py script adds maintainers (and mailing lists) to a patch,
editing it in-place.

Thanks to Bjorn for being a sounding board to this idea and for his valuable
suggestions.

Please try out this script with `--verbosity debug` for verifying that it's
doing "the right thing". I've tested this with a patch series from various
subsystems to ensure variety of maintainers and lists output and found it to be
doing what it is supposed to do.

I referred to the following links during development of this script:
- https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4427542/how-to-do-sed-like-text-replace-with-python
- https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4146009/python-get-list-indexes-using-regular-expression
- https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10507230/insert-line-at-middle-of-file-with-python

v1 -> v2:
- Added set-union logic based on Pavan's comments [1] and Bjorn's early suggestion
- Expanded audience and added more mailing lists to get more review comments and feedback

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/63764b84-3ebd-4081-836f-4863af196228@quicinc.com/

Guru Das Srinagesh (1):
  scripts: Add add-maintainer.py

 scripts/add-maintainer.py | 113 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 113 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 scripts/add-maintainer.py

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2.40.0