netdev - Re: [PATCH] scripts: checkpatch: steer people away from using file paths

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Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2023 18:57:43 +0200
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc: joe@...ches.com, geert@...ux-m68k.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
 workflows@...r.kernel.org, mario.limonciello@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scripts: checkpatch: steer people away from using file
 paths

On 25/07/2023 17:59, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> We repeatedly see noobs misuse get_maintainer by running it on
> the file paths rather than the patchfile. This leads to authors
> of changes (quoted commits and commits under Fixes) not getting
> CCed. These are usually the best reviewers!
> 
> The file option should really not be used by noobs, unless
> they are just trying to find a maintainer to manually contact.
> 
> Print a warning when someone tries to use -f and remove
> the "auto-guessing" of file paths.
> 
> This script may break people's "scripts on top of get_maintainer"
> if they are using -f... but that's the point.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
> ---
> This is what I had in mind.

"Anything that can go wrong will go wrong."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murphy%27s_law

Therefore:

Acked-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>

Best regards,
Krzysztof