linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] scripts: Add add-maintainer.py

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Message-ID: <9aec0740-2482-d3ad-caf2-5e6278a050b3@suse.cz>
Date:   Mon, 28 Aug 2023 17:14:05 +0200
From:   Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
To:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Bjorn Andersson <quic_bjorande@...cinc.com>
Cc:     Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...el.com>,
        Guru Das Srinagesh <quic_gurus@...cinc.com>,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Nicolas Schier <nicolas@...sle.eu>,
        Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@...uxfoundation.org>,
        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, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel@...cinc.com, workflows@...r.kernel.org,
        tools@...ux.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] scripts: Add add-maintainer.py

On 8/28/23 15:48, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Hi Bjorn,
> 
> On Mon, Aug 28, 2023 at 3:37 PM Bjorn Andersson
> <quic_bjorande@...cinc.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, Aug 28, 2023 at 11:14:41AM +0300, Jani Nikula wrote:
>> > On Sat, 26 Aug 2023, Guru Das Srinagesh <quic_gurus@...cinc.com> wrote:
>> > > This script runs get_maintainer.py on a given patch file (or multiple
>> > > patch files) and adds its output to the patch file in place with the
>> > > appropriate email headers "To: " or "Cc: " as the case may be. These new
>> > > headers are added after the "From: " line in the patch.
>> >
>> > FWIW, I personally prefer tooling to operate on git branches and commits
>> > than patches. For me, the patches are just an intermediate step in
>> > getting the commits from my git branch to the mailing list. That's not
>> > where I add the Cc's, but rather in the commits in my local branch,
>> > where they're preserved. YMMV.
>> >
>>
>> May I ask how you add/carry the recipients in a commit?
> 
> I guess below a "---" line in the commit description?

Does that do anything special in commit log? I'd expect (and I do it that
way) it's rather just adding a

Cc: Name <email>

in the tag area where s-o-b, reviewed-by etc are added.

> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
> 
>                         Geert
>