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/[email protected] Signed-off-by: Antonio Nino Diaz <[email protected]> Cc: Joe Perches <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
adn770 · Aug 22, 2018 · 31bb82c · 31bb82c
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commit 31bb82c
Showing 1 changed file with 6 additions and 3 deletions.
diff --git a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 my $output_rolestats = 1;
 my $output_section_maxlen = 50;
 my $scm = 0;
+my $tree = 1;
 my $web = 0;
 my $subsystem = 0;
 my $status = 0;
@@ -255,6 +256,7 @@
 		'subsystem!' => \$subsystem,
 		'status!' => \$status,
 		'scm!' => \$scm,
+		'tree!' => \$tree,
 		'web!' => \$web,
 		'letters=s' => \$letters,
 		'pattern-depth=i' => \$pattern_depth,
@@ -319,7 +321,7 @@
     die "$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 @@ sub usage {
   --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: