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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Emil Velikov
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@@ -104,6 +104,19 @@ that should be documented with:
Reviewed-by: Joe Hacker &lt;jhacker@foo.com&gt;
Acked-by: Joe Hacker &lt;jhacker@foo.com&gt;
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<li>In order for your patch to reach the prospective reviewer easier/faster,
use the script scripts/get_reviewer.pl to get a list of individuals and include
them in the CC list.
<br>
Please use common sense and do <strong>not</strong> blindly add everyone.
<br>
<pre>
$ scripts/get_reviewer.pl --help # to get the the help screen
$ scripts/get_reviewer.pl -f src/egl/drivers/dri2/platform_android.c
Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> (reviewer:ANDROID EGL SUPPORT,added_lines:188/700=27%,removed_lines:58/283=20%)
Tomasz Figa <tfiga@chromium.org> (reviewer:ANDROID EGL SUPPORT,authored:12/41=29%,added_lines:308/700=44%,removed_lines:115/283=41%)
Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov@gmail.com> (authored:13/41=32%,removed_lines:76/283=27%)
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@@ -335,6 +348,11 @@ commits before sending.
git send-email --subject-prefix="PATCH v4" HEAD~8
git send-email -v4 @~8 # shorter version, inherited from git format-patch
</pre>
<li> Configure git to use the get_reviewer.pl script interactively. Thus you
can avoid adding the world to the CC list.
<pre>
git config sendemail.cccmd "./scripts/get_reviewer.pl -i"
</pre>
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