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| author |   Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> | 2024-02-17 04:01:53 +0000 |
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| committer | Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> | 2024-02-17 04:25:44 +0000 |
| commit | aa4b05d520ebfd044d8a852d7d48937ab160f48d (patch) | |
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.mailmap: init
As proposed at https://marc.info/?l=gentoo-dev&m=170781377903495&w=2.
"""
There's a few reasons:
* We should accurately map pre-developer-status contributions.
For example, it'd be nice if sam@cmpct.info was mapped correctly
into sam@gentoo.org when doing git blame.
We know sam@cmpct.info and sam@gentoo.org are the same person, it
feels coherent to tell git that via the mechanism intended for it.
* It's useful for when people retire as well. Not that I plan on going
anywhere any time soon (sorry!), but this is both a useful way for
people to better "retain credit" *and* for e.g. 'git blame' to work
better if they then come back as a contributor but not a developer, which
happens on occasion, or if they occasionally contribute with a
different email address (we have this for some devs who contribute
under a "work context" too).
* It allows people to have git respecting changing their name for
various reasons (e.g. we've had contributors start using their real name
and vice-versa over the years).
"""
Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>
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diff --git a/.mailmap b/.mailmap new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..f7249804e12d --- /dev/null +++ b/.mailmap @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +# Old/new developers can be added here to map their contributions accurately +# before joining and after retiring, as well as the usual uses of .mailmap. +# See gitmailmap(5) for format details. +Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> Sam James (sam_c) <sam@cmpct.info> +Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> Sam James (sam_c) <sam@gentoo.org> |