Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] get_maintainer.pl: Default to --no-git-fallback

[Markus Armbruster]

Paolo Bonzini <address@hidden> writes:

> On 10/20/2014 04:15 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
>> What do you want to happen in this case?
>> Won't this cause even more patches to fall to the floor?
>>
>> The benefit seems marginal, the risk high.
>
> I agree with Michael.
>
> Can we detect if get_maintainer.pl is invoked as a cccmd, and in this
> case default to --no-git-fallback?  If it is invoked manually, I would
> like to show the committers (I will then cherry pick the right ones).

I don't like context-sensitive defaults.  Too much magic.

What about this: if get_maintainer.pl comes up empty, it points you to
--git-fallback.