docs/submitting patches: mention get_reviewers.pl
Mention the script - why/how to use alongside a useful trick to make it work interactively (thanks Rob!). Signed-off-by: Emil Velikov <emil.velikov@collabora.com> Reviewed-by: Elie Tournier <tournier.elie@gmail.com>
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Reviewed-by: Joe Hacker <jhacker@foo.com>
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Acked-by: Joe Hacker <jhacker@foo.com>
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</pre>
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<li>In order for your patch to reach the prospective reviewer easier/faster,
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use the script scripts/get_reviewer.pl to get a list of individuals and include
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them in the CC list.
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<br>
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Please use common sense and do <strong>not</strong> blindly add everyone.
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<br>
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<pre>
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$ scripts/get_reviewer.pl --help # to get the the help screen
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$ scripts/get_reviewer.pl -f src/egl/drivers/dri2/platform_android.c
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Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> (reviewer:ANDROID EGL SUPPORT,added_lines:188/700=27%,removed_lines:58/283=20%)
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Tomasz Figa <tfiga@chromium.org> (reviewer:ANDROID EGL SUPPORT,authored:12/41=29%,added_lines:308/700=44%,removed_lines:115/283=41%)
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Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov@gmail.com> (authored:13/41=32%,removed_lines:76/283=27%)
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</pre>
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@@ -335,6 +348,11 @@ commits before sending.
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git send-email --subject-prefix="PATCH v4" HEAD~8
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git send-email -v4 @~8 # shorter version, inherited from git format-patch
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</pre>
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<li> Configure git to use the get_reviewer.pl script interactively. Thus you
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can avoid adding the world to the CC list.
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<pre>
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git config sendemail.cccmd "./scripts/get_reviewer.pl -i"
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</pre>
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</ul>
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