[PATCH V4 1/2] get_maintainer: allow keywords to match filenames

[Stephen Warren]

On 02/11/2013 11:17 PM, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Mon, 2013-02-11 at 17:39 -0700, Stephen Warren wrote:
>> From: Stephen Warren <swarren at nvidia.com>
>>
>> Allow K: entries in MAINTAINERS to match directly against filenames;
>> either those extracted from patch +++ or --- lines, or those specified
>> on the command-line using the -f option.
> []
>> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> []
>> @@ -97,12 +97,12 @@ Descriptions of section entries:
>>  	   X:	net/ipv6/
>>  	   matches all files in and below net excluding net/ipv6/
>>  	K: Keyword perl extended regex pattern to match content in a
>> -	   patch or file.  For instance:
>> +	   patch, or an affected filename.  For instance:
> 
> The removal of file isn't correct.
> 
> This should read "patch, file or filename".
> 
> If the -f pattern is a single file,
> get_maintainer reads that file content and then
> matches any K: patterns.
> 
> When the -f pattern is a directory, it doesn't.

Yes, I guess that's true; I had convinced myself that "file" wasn't
accurate since "-f directory/" didn't scan the files within that
directory tree, but as you say "-f file" does scan the file content.

BTW, given I'm adding "filename" to the list, I intend to change the
existing "file" to "file content" to be clear. Are you OK with that?