Jeff King <p...@peff.net> writes: > This seems OK to me, though I kind of wonder if anybody really wants > "auto". Unlike log.decorate, which changes the syntax, there is no real > reason to avoid mailmap when somebody else is parsing the output. And I > could imagine it is especially confusing if: > > git log --author=whoever > > and > > git log | grep whoever | wc -l > > do not agree.
I personally do not think it is too late to change for the upcoming release, either. But 'auto' that changes the displayed name depending on the output being or not being a terminal makes little sense, I would think, for the above reason.
