Subject: Re: [PATCH] scripts: checkpatch: steer people away from using file paths

From: Greg KH <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2023 18:53:48 +0200

On Tue, Jul 25, 2023 at 08:59:26AM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> We repeatedly see noobs misuse get_maintainer by running it on
> the file paths rather than the patchfile. This leads to authors
> of changes (quoted commits and commits under Fixes) not getting
> CCed. These are usually the best reviewers!
> 
> The file option should really not be used by noobs, unless
> they are just trying to find a maintainer to manually contact.
> 
> Print a warning when someone tries to use -f and remove
> the "auto-guessing" of file paths.
> 
> This script may break people's "scripts on top of get_maintainer"
> if they are using -f... but that's the point.

Ok, I'll go fix up my local scripts, but you should change your subject
line to say "get_maintainer", not "checkpatch" :)

thanks,

greg k-h