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scripts/add_maintainers.pl: set double dashes for long options
authorDmytro Prokopchuk <dmytro_prokopchuk1@epam.com>
Tue, 1 Jul 2025 09:25:17 +0000 (11:25 +0200)
committerJan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
Tue, 1 Jul 2025 09:25:17 +0000 (11:25 +0200)
Current script shows message:
 Don't forget to add the subject and message to ...
 Then perform:
 git send-email -to xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org ...
which has wrong option '-to'.
It may be confused for user.

Set double dashes for longer options to avoid that.

Fixes: e1f912cbf717 ("scripts/add_maintainers.pl: New script")
Signed-off-by: Dmytro Prokopchuk <dmytro_prokopchuk1@epam.com>
Reviewed-by: Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@vates.tech>
scripts/add_maintainers.pl

index 380e8da22ad04c9faa63ae9749a4cd61e16e674e..5ad08697303f2aa59248116f0bea92e487368a9a 100755 (executable)
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #
 # Add maintainers to patches generated with git format-patch
 #
-# Usage: perl scripts/add_maintainers.pl [OPTIONS] -patchdir <patchdir>
+# Usage: perl scripts/add_maintainers.pl [OPTIONS] --patchdir <patchdir>
 #
 # Prerequisites: Execute
 #                git format-patch ... -o <patchdir> ...
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ WORKFLOW:
   Step 1: git format-patch ... -o <patchdir> ...
   Step 2: ./scripts/add_maintainers.pl -d <patchdir>
           This overwrites *.patch files in <patchdir> but makes a backup
-  Step 3: git send-email -to xen-devel\@lists.xenproject.org <patchdir>/*.patch
+  Step 3: git send-email --to xen-devel\@lists.xenproject.org <patchdir>/*.patch
 EOT
 
 # Constants and functions related to LOCATIONS
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ if ($has_cover_letter) {
 }
 
 print "Then perform:\n".
-      "git send-email -to xen-devel\@lists.xenproject.org ".
+      "git send-email --to xen-devel\@lists.xenproject.org ".
       $patch_dir.'/'.$patch_prefix."*.patch"."\n";
 
 exit 0;