On Thu, 24 Nov 2022 13:43:07 +0000 Bruce Richardson <bruce.richard...@intel.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 24, 2022 at 01:13:20PM +0100, David Marchand wrote: > > From: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richard...@intel.com> > > > > Since a number of contributors to DPDK have submitted patches to DPDK > > under more than one email address, we should maintain a mailmap file to > > properly track their commits using "shortlog". > > > > It also helps fix up any mangled names, for example, with > > surname/firstname reversed, or with incorrect capitalization. > > By keeping this file in the DPDK repository, rather than committers > > maintaining their own copies, it allows individual contributors to edit > > it to update their own email address preferences if so desired. > > > > While at it, update our checkpatches.sh script and add some > > documentation to help new contributors. > > > > Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richard...@intel.com> > > Signed-off-by: David Marchand <david.march...@redhat.com> > > --- > > Changes since v3: > > - fixed some issues with non iso characters in names, > > - added .mailmap to MAINTAINERS, > > - populated .mailmap with the contributors file Thomas and I maintain, > > - added a check so that people will stop mangling their own names, > > - added a note in the contributing guide, > > > Do we really want to require all contributors to add their names to the > mailmap file, it seems excessive to me and onerous on new contributors? I > would expect the mailmap to be only necessary for tracking mail updates, or > fixing already-mangled names. > > /Bruce Isn't mailmap only needed when there are multiple email addresses in the commit log?
