get_maintainer: quiet noisy implicit -f vcs_file_exists checking

Checking command line filenames that are outside the git tree can emit a
noisy and confusing message.

Quiet that message by redirecting stderr.
Verify that the command was executed successfully.

Fixes: 4cad35a7ca69 ("get_maintainer.pl: reduce need for command-line option -f")
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1970a1d2fecb258e384e2e4fdaacdc9ccf3e30a4.1470955439.git.joe@perches.com
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Reported-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa@the-dreams.de>
Tested-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa@the-dreams.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

diff --git a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
index 49a00d54b835f156745c27bfb12b1f64bcf9140c..aed4511f0304e4922ff6770a3d573777b4f235ed 100755 (executable)
--- a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
+++ b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
@@ -2136,9 +2136,11 @@ sub vcs_file_exists {
 
     my $cmd = $VCS_cmds{"file_exists_cmd"};
     $cmd =~ s/(\$\w+)/$1/eeg;          # interpolate $cmd
-
+    $cmd .= " 2>&1";
     $exists = &{$VCS_cmds{"execute_cmd"}}($cmd);
 
+    return 0 if ($? != 0);
+
     return $exists;
 }