[PATCH] scripts: warn about invalid MAINTAINERS patterns

[Joe Perches]

On Wed, 2017-11-01 at 16:55 -0400, Augie Fackler wrote:
> > On Nov 1, 2017, at 16:52, Joe Perches <joe at perches.com> wrote:
> > 
> > On Wed, 2017-11-01 at 15:38 -0500, Kevin Bullock wrote:
> > > (remove other mailing lists from cc)
> > > 
> > > > On Nov 1, 2017, at 15:24, Joe Perches <joe at perches.com> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > On Wed, 2017-11-01 at 16:05 -0400, Augie Fackler wrote:
> > > > > Actually, I'd recommend `hg files` over `hg manifest` by a wide margin.
> > > > 
> > > > why?
> > > > 
> > > > hg files -R <path> prefixes all the output
> > > > hg manifest -R <path> output is unprefixed
> > > 
> > > That's intended behavior, but perhaps you want `hg files --cwd <path>`?
> > 
> > I fail to see the difference.
> 
> `hg files` is the command we'll be working on and improving in the future. `hg manifest` won't be going away, but also won't gain any performance wins or nice new features except accidentally.

I don't want it to.
Output compatible to git ls-files is all that's necessary.

> But it's really up to you. I don't feel strongly, and our backwards compatibility story is strong enough if you use `hg manifest` you shouldn't ever need to care we deprecated it several years ago.

Good.