> +        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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