Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1761897AbXHMUEm (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Aug 2007 16:04:42 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756618AbXHMUE2 (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Aug 2007 16:04:28 -0400 Received: from gepetto.dc.ltu.se ([130.240.42.40]:46278 "EHLO gepetto.dc.ltu.se" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753178AbXHMUE1 (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Aug 2007 16:04:27 -0400 Message-ID: <46C0B8EA.9080405@student.ltu.se> Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 22:02:50 +0200 From: Richard Knutsson User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 (X11/20070719) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Joe Perches CC: akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] [2/2many] - FInd the maintainer(s) for a patch - MAINTAINERS References: <1186985416.10249.13.camel@localhost> In-Reply-To: <1186985416.10249.13.camel@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1295 Lines: 46 Joe Perches wrote: > It helps when you do the diff the right way. > > Describe the new F: pattern > > Signed-off-by: Joe Perches > > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS > index d3a0684..0d7f856 100644 > --- a/MAINTAINERS > +++ b/MAINTAINERS > @@ -83,6 +83,13 @@ S: Status, one of the following: > it has been replaced by a better system and you > should be using that. > > +F: Files and directories with wildcard patterns. > + A trailing slash includes all files and subdirectory files. > + F: drivers/net/ all files in and below drivers/net > + F: drivers/net/* all files in drivers/net, but not below > + F: */net/* all files in "any top level directory"/net > + One pattern per line. Multiple F: lines acceptable. > + > 3C359 NETWORK DRIVER > P: Mike Phillips > M: mikep@linuxtr.net > > Just to be clear, which one is picked with a patch for drivers/net/foo? Both or the most common one? SUBSYSTEM1 P: Person 1 F: */net/ SUBSYSTEM2 P: Person 2 F: drivers/net/ Richard "the Perl-illiterate" Knutsson - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/