v2.18.0-rc0~70^2 (mailmap: update brian m. carlson's email address, 2018-05-08) changed the mailmap to map
sand...@crustytoothpaste.ath.cx -> brian m. carlson <sand...@crustytoothpaste.net> instead of sand...@crustytoothpaste.net -> brian m. carlson <sand...@crustytoothpaste.ath.cx> That means the mapping Brian M. Carlson <sand...@crustytoothpaste.ath.cx> -> brian m. carlson <sand...@crustytoothpaste.net> is redundant, so we can remove it. More importantly, it means that the identity "Brian M. Carlson <sand...@crustytoothpaste.net>" used in some commits is not normalized any more. Add a mapping for it. Noticed while updating Debian's Git packaging, which uses "git shortlog --no-merges" to produce a list of changes in each version, grouped by author's (normalized) name. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnie...@gmail.com> --- brian m. carlson wrote: > On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 03:08:26PM -0700, Jonathan Nieder wrote: >> These commits use author Brian M. Carlson <sand...@crustytoothpaste.net>. >> Previously they matched >> >> brian m. carlson <sand...@crustytoothpaste.ath.cx> >> <sand...@crustytoothpaste.net> >> >> but now they don't match any line in the .mailmap file. >> >> Should we add a line >> >> brian m. carlson <sand...@crustytoothpaste.net> >> >> to handle these commits? > > Ah, good point. Probably so. Sorry to leave this hanging for so long. How about this patch? Thanks, Jonathan .mailmap | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/.mailmap b/.mailmap index f165222a78..29047a110a 100644 --- a/.mailmap +++ b/.mailmap @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Ben Walton <bdwal...@gmail.com> <bwal...@artsci.utoronto.ca> Benoit Sigoure <tsuna...@gmail.com> <ts...@lrde.epita.fr> Bernt Hansen <be...@norang.ca> <be...@alumni.uwaterloo.ca> Brandon Casey <draf...@gmail.com> <ca...@nrlssc.navy.mil> -brian m. carlson <sand...@crustytoothpaste.net> Brian M. Carlson <sand...@crustytoothpaste.ath.cx> +brian m. carlson <sand...@crustytoothpaste.net> Brian M. Carlson <sand...@crustytoothpaste.net> brian m. carlson <sand...@crustytoothpaste.net> <sand...@crustytoothpaste.ath.cx> Bryan Larsen <br...@larsen.st> <bryan.lar...@gmail.com> Bryan Larsen <br...@larsen.st> <bryanlar...@yahoo.com> -- 2.19.0.397.gdd90340f6a