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Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: i2c: mark also subdirectories as maintained

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> +	   The scripts/get_maintainer.pl tool has a quirk about subdirectories.
> +	   If the file pattern is for a directory, then any subdirectories of
> +	   the parent directory should also be specified.  For instance:
> +		F:	drivers/i2c/
> +		F:	drivers/i2c/*/
> +	   Otherwise, the scripts/get_maintainer.pl tool by default will use
> +	   git history to add additional people that have "Signed-off-by:"
> +	   style signatures on commits to files in those subdirectories.

I'd be fine with the change. The patch description should probably state
why fixing the tool is not worth it.

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[PATCH] MAINTAINERS: i2c: mark also subdirectories as maintained Wolfram Sang <wsa@the-dreams.de> - 2015-10-29 08:30 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: i2c: mark also subdirectories as maintained Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2015-10-29 15:20 +0100
    Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: i2c: mark also subdirectories as maintained Wolfram Sang <wsa@the-dreams.de> - 2015-10-29 17:00 +0100
      Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: i2c: mark also subdirectories as maintained Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2015-10-29 18:20 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: i2c: mark also subdirectories as maintained Wolfram Sang <wsa@the-dreams.de> - 2015-10-30 12:40 +0100

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