On Thu, 2017-07-20 at 11:03 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 9:48 AM, Joe Perches <j...@perches.com> wrote: > > > > Same general concept, but then an expectation would be > > relative paths for filename patterns. > > No, I actually think we really should require the filename patterns to > be absolute, even if the MAINTAINERS file might be deep in the > hierarchy.
So do I but I bet dollars to doughnuts it happens because expectations are what people assume so use too. > So file patterns absolutely would need to remain relative to the top > of the repository, not to the location of the MAINTAINERS file. yup.
