kw-maintainers - Display module maintainers

SYNOPSIS

kw (m | maintainers) [-a | --authors] [-u | --update-patch] [--verbose]

[<dir> | <file>]

DESCRIPTION

Based on the Linux Kernel get_maintainers script, this command shows the maintainers of a given Kernel module (a given file or directory). The --authors option will also print the authors of the top-level target files (non-recursively). Files with more than one author will have their names separated by “,”. This output should not be used by scripts because some authors include “,” in their names (e.g. “Company X, Inc.”). The --update-patch will update the patch <file>’s header with a To: field with the maintainers (excluding the authors) associated with that patch.

OPTIONS

-a, --authors:

Prints the authors of the top-level target files (non-recursively). Files with more than one author will have their names separated by “,”.

-u, --update-patch:

It will include a To: field in the header of the patch file with the contact of the maintainers (excluding the authors) associated with that patch.

--verbose:

Display commands executed under the hood.

EXAMPLES

For these examples, we assume that the relevant fields in your configuration files (located by default in .kw/) have already been setup. We recommend the use of kw config for managing your local and global configurations.

If you want to check the maintainers:

cd <kernel-path>
kw m drivers/iio/dummy/iio_simple_dummy.c