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

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Message-ID: <20230828165057.GB23466@quicinc.com>
Date:   Mon, 28 Aug 2023 09:50:57 -0700
From:   Guru Das Srinagesh <quic_gurus@...cinc.com>
To:     Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...el.com>
CC:     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>,
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        <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 Aug 28 2023 11:14, 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.

Could you please share more details about your workflow? Specifically, how you
fit `get_maintainer.pl` in it.

Thank you.

Guru Das.