Re: [RFC PATCH v2 01/10] get_maintainer: Survive querying missing files

On 12/5/23 20:55, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Tue, 2023-12-05 at 20:02 +0200, Nikolai Kondrashov wrote:
>> Do not die, but only warn when scripts/get_maintainer.pl is asked to
>> retrieve information about a missing file.
>>
>> This allows scripts/checkpatch.pl to query MAINTAINERS while processing
>> patches which are removing files.
> 
> Why is this useful?
> 
> Give a for-instance example please.

Does the example I provided make sense, Joe?

Would my solution be adequate, or would you like to have another?

Thank you.
Nick