netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] scripts: get_maintainer: steer people away from using file paths

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Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2023 09:23:12 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>,
 geert@...ux-m68k.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
 workflows@...r.kernel.org, mario.limonciello@....com, Linus Torvalds
 <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] scripts: get_maintainer: steer people away from
 using file paths

On Wed, 26 Jul 2023 08:43:30 -0700 Joe Perches wrote:
> > Print a warning when someone tries to use -f and remove
> > the "auto-guessing" of file paths.  
> 
> Nack on that bit.
> My recollection is it's Linus' preferred mechanism.

Let Linus speak for himself, hopefully he's okay with throwing
in the -f.

BTW get_maintainer is central to our ML-based development process.
I think the patches to get_maintainer and checkpatch should flow
to workflows@.