From: Stephen Warren <swar...@nvidia.com>
Create a new N: entry type in MAINTAINERS which performs a regex match
against filenames; either those extracted from patch +++ or --- lines,
or those specified on the command-line using the -f option.
This provides the same benefits as using a K: regex option to match a
set of filenames (see commit eb90d08 "get_maintainer: allow keywords to
match filenames"), but without the disadvantage that "random" file
content, such as comments, will ever match the regex.
Suggested-by: Joe Perches <j...@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Stephen Warren <swar...@nvidia.com>
---
v2: Corrected typo in MAINTAINERS documentation
---
MAINTAINERS | 3 +++
scripts/get_maintainer.pl | 2 +-
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 9561658..c9b1e37 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ Descriptions of section entries:
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.
+ N: Files and directories with regex patterns.
+ N: [^a-z]tegra all files whose patch contains the word tegra
+ One pattern per line. Multiple N: lines acceptable.
X: Files and directories that are NOT maintained, same rules as F:
Files exclusions are tested before file matches.
Can be useful for excluding a specific subdirectory, for instance:
diff --git a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
index ce4cc83..27dc5cb 100755
--- a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
+++ b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ sub get_maintainers {
$hash{$tvi} = $value_pd;
}
}
- } elsif ($type eq 'K') {
+ } elsif ($type eq 'K' || $type eq 'N') {
if ($file =~ m/$value/x) {
$hash{$tvi} = 0;
}
--
1.7.10.4
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