On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 12:02:42PM +0100, Jonathan Wakely wrote: > I mean that there's not much value in having my past commits listed as > coming from various "different" authors: > > Jonathan Wakely <xxx at compsoc.man.ac.uk> > Jonathan Wakely <xxx at kayari.org> > Jonathan Wakely <xxx at gmail.com> > Jonathan Wakely <xxx at gcc.gnu.org> > Jonathan Wakely <xxx at redhat.com> > > All of those "identities" are the same person, so making all my > commits use the same Author is arguably correct, even if I was using > different addresses at different times. > > Using the @gcc.gnu.org address for all my past commits might be the > least worst option, because it's "me" and that address was valid in > 2004 and is still valid now, unlike the other options.
And using a different address is *incorrect*, and it is quite nasty if you would be associating a commit with the wrong employer. @gcc.gnu.org is fine of course. Segher
