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Commit 31bb82c9 authored by Antonio Nino Diaz's avatar Antonio Nino Diaz Committed by Linus Torvalds
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get_maintainer: allow usage outside of kernel tree 

Add option '--no-tree' to get_maintainer.pl script to allow using this
script in projects that aren't the Linux kernel if they use the same
format for their MAINTAINERS file.  This command is also available in
checkpatch.pl, for example.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/04452ac6-1575-f612-72c6-6ea88e70a9d5@arm.com


Signed-off-by: default avatarAntonio Nino Diaz <antonio.ninodiaz@arm.com>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
parent 92e64178

scripts/get_maintainer.pl

+6 −3
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@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ my $output_roles = 0; 
my $output_rolestats = 1;

my $output_section_maxlen = 50;

my $scm = 0;

my $tree = 1;

my $web = 0;

my $subsystem = 0;

my $status = 0;
@@ -255,6 +256,7 @@ if (!GetOptions( 
		'subsystem!' => \$subsystem,

		'status!' => \$status,

		'scm!' => \$scm,

		'tree!' => \$tree,

		'web!' => \$web,

		'letters=s' => \$letters,

		'pattern-depth=i' => \$pattern_depth,
@@ -319,7 +321,7 @@ if ($email && 
    die "$P: Please select at least 1 email option\n";

}



if (!top_of_kernel_tree($lk_path)) {

if ($tree && !top_of_kernel_tree($lk_path)) {

    die "$P: The current directory does not appear to be "

	. "a linux kernel source tree.\n";

}
@@ -1031,13 +1033,14 @@ Other options: 
  --sections => print all of the subsystem sections with pattern matches

  --letters => print all matching 'letter' types from all matching sections

  --mailmap => use .mailmap file (default: $email_use_mailmap)

  --no-tree => run without a kernel tree

  --self-test => show potential issues with MAINTAINERS file content

  --version => show version

  --help => show this help information



Default options:

  [--email --nogit --git-fallback --m --r --n --l --multiline --pattern-depth=0

   --remove-duplicates --rolestats]

  [--email --tree --nogit --git-fallback --m --r --n --l --multiline

   --pattern-depth=0 --remove-duplicates --rolestats]



Notes:

  Using "-f directory" may give unexpected results: