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authorJoe Perches <joe@perches.com>2009-06-16 15:34:08 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-06-16 19:47:55 -0700
commitf70f873b8ffa0bca4aeccd20a3e4641b7645018a (patch)
tree7bdfc0c1dec4357d5747487fa3d8d3c5618cf886
parentb5472cddbe2c41fd434592ecf3c5b81a551d5bea (diff)
MAINTAINERS: mention scripts/get_maintainer.pl in the preface
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ trivial patch so apply some common sense.
(scripts/checkpatch.pl) to catch trival style violations.
See Documentation/CodingStyle for guidance here.
+ PLEASE CC: the maintainers and mailing lists that are generated
+ by scripts/get_maintainer.pl. The results returned by the
+ script will be best if you have git installed and are making
+ your changes in a branch derived from Linus' latest git tree.
+ See Documentation/SubmittingPatches for details.
+
PLEASE try to include any credit lines you want added with the
patch. It avoids people being missed off by mistake and makes
it easier to know who wants adding and who doesn't.