Commit 31bb82c9 authored by Antonio Nino Diaz's avatar Antonio Nino Diaz Committed by Linus Torvalds

get_maintainer: allow usage outside of kernel tree

Add option '--no-tree' to get_maintainer.pl script to allow using this
script in projects that aren't the Linux kernel if they use the same
format for their MAINTAINERS file.  This command is also available in
checkpatch.pl, for example.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/04452ac6-1575-f612-72c6-6ea88e70a9d5@arm.comSigned-off-by: default avatarAntonio Nino Diaz <antonio.ninodiaz@arm.com>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
parent 92e64178
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......@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ my $output_roles = 0;
my $output_rolestats = 1;
my $output_section_maxlen = 50;
my $scm = 0;
my $tree = 1;
my $web = 0;
my $subsystem = 0;
my $status = 0;
......@@ -255,6 +256,7 @@ if (!GetOptions(
'subsystem!' => \$subsystem,
'status!' => \$status,
'scm!' => \$scm,
'tree!' => \$tree,
'web!' => \$web,
'letters=s' => \$letters,
'pattern-depth=i' => \$pattern_depth,
......@@ -319,7 +321,7 @@ if ($email &&
die "$P: Please select at least 1 email option\n";
}
if (!top_of_kernel_tree($lk_path)) {
if ($tree && !top_of_kernel_tree($lk_path)) {
die "$P: The current directory does not appear to be "
. "a linux kernel source tree.\n";
}
......@@ -1031,13 +1033,14 @@ Other options:
--sections => print all of the subsystem sections with pattern matches
--letters => print all matching 'letter' types from all matching sections
--mailmap => use .mailmap file (default: $email_use_mailmap)
--no-tree => run without a kernel tree
--self-test => show potential issues with MAINTAINERS file content
--version => show version
--help => show this help information
Default options:
[--email --nogit --git-fallback --m --r --n --l --multiline --pattern-depth=0
--remove-duplicates --rolestats]
[--email --tree --nogit --git-fallback --m --r --n --l --multiline
--pattern-depth=0 --remove-duplicates --rolestats]
Notes:
Using "-f directory" may give unexpected results:
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