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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: Antonio Nino Diaz <antonio.ninodiaz@arm.com>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Antonio Nino Diaz 2018-08-21 21:56:48 -07:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent 92e6417840
commit 31bb82c9ca
1 changed files with 6 additions and 3 deletions
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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: