get_maintainer: add test for file in VCS

It's somewhat common for me to ask get_maintainer to tell me who maintains a patch file rather than the files modified by the patch. Emit a warning if using get_maintainer.pl -f <patchfile> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
DespairFactor · Oct 16, 2020 · cdfe2d2 · cdfe2d2
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diff --git a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
@@ -541,6 +541,9 @@ sub read_mailmap {
  die "$P: file '${file}' not found\n";
  }
  }
+ if ($from_filename && (vcs_exists() && !vcs_file_exists($file))) {
+ warn "$P: file '$file' not found in version control $!\n";
+ }
  if ($from_filename || ($file ne "&STDIN" && vcs_file_exists($file))) {
  $file =~ s/^\Q${cur_path}\E//; #strip any absolute path
  $file =~ s/^\Q${lk_path}\E//; #or the path to the lk tree