If get_maintainer is not given any filename arguments on the command line, the standard input is read for a patch.
But checking if a VCS has a file named &STDIN is not a good idea and fails. Verify the nominal input file is not &STDIN before checking the VCS. Fixes: 4cad35a7ca69 ("get_maintainer.pl: reduce need for command-line option -f") Reported-by: Christopher Covington <c...@codeaurora.org> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <j...@perches.com> --- scripts/get_maintainer.pl | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl index 122fcda..49a00d5 100755 --- a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl +++ b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl @@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ foreach my $file (@ARGV) { die "$P: file '${file}' not found\n"; } } - if ($from_filename || vcs_file_exists($file)) { + if ($from_filename || ($file ne "&STDIN" && vcs_file_exists($file))) { $file =~ s/^\Q${cur_path}\E//; #strip any absolute path $file =~ s/^\Q${lk_path}\E//; #or the path to the lk tree push(@files, $file); -- 2.8.0.rc4.16.g56331f8