Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: i2c: mark also subdirectories as maintained

From: Wolfram Sang
Date: Thu Oct 29 2015 - 11:53:12 EST


> + The scripts/get_maintainer.pl tool has a quirk about subdirectories.
> + If the file pattern is for a directory, then any subdirectories of
> + the parent directory should also be specified. For instance:
> + F: drivers/i2c/
> + F: drivers/i2c/*/
> + Otherwise, the scripts/get_maintainer.pl tool by default will use
> + git history to add additional people that have "Signed-off-by:"
> + style signatures on commits to files in those subdirectories.

I'd be fine with the change. The patch description should probably state
why fixing the tool is not worth it.

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