Re: [PATCH v4 0/3] use mailmap by default in git log

2019-09-22 Thread CB Bailey
On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 01:37:24PM -0500, Ariadne Conill wrote: > It is not uncommon for people to change their name or e-mail address. > To facilitate this, Git provides support for the `.mailmap` file, > which contains a list of identities and previously used e-mail > addresses that are associate

Re: [PATCH v4 0/3] use mailmap by default in git log

2019-07-12 Thread Ariadne Conill
Hello, On Fri, Jul 12, 2019 at 9:49 AM Junio C Hamano wrote: > > Junio C Hamano writes: > > > I do not think we usually do this without having to say "at this > > release" in such a warning. > > Sorry for horrible copy-editing that made the result say 100% > opposite of what I meant. I am bad a

Re: [PATCH v4 0/3] use mailmap by default in git log

2019-07-12 Thread Junio C Hamano
Junio C Hamano writes: > I do not think we usually do this without having to say "at this > release" in such a warning. Sorry for horrible copy-editing that made the result say 100% opposite of what I meant. I am bad at negations. But I hope the mistake and the message I wanted to convey were

Re: [PATCH v4 0/3] use mailmap by default in git log

2019-07-12 Thread Junio C Hamano
Ariadne Conill writes: >> What we need at this point is the "second release" phase, i.e. >> additional warnings without yet changing the default behaviour. >> After it is given to the end users and sufficient time passes, we >> can flip the default. > > Do you have a proposed timetable for this?

Re: [PATCH v4 0/3] use mailmap by default in git log

2019-07-12 Thread Ariadne Conill
Hello, On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 2:34 PM Junio C Hamano wrote: > > Junio C Hamano writes: > > > Even though I personally think it is an OK longer-term end goal, the > > execution looks too hasty. The normal way we handle a big behaviour > > change like this is to do the following in steps, in dif

Re: [PATCH v4 0/3] use mailmap by default in git log

2019-07-11 Thread Junio C Hamano
Junio C Hamano writes: > Even though I personally think it is an OK longer-term end goal, the > execution looks too hasty. The normal way we handle a big behaviour > change like this is to do the following in steps, in different > releases: > > - In the first release, introduce an early adoptor

Re: [PATCH v4 0/3] use mailmap by default in git log

2019-07-11 Thread Junio C Hamano
Ariadne Conill writes: > It is not uncommon for people to change their name or e-mail address. > To facilitate this, Git provides support for the `.mailmap` file, > which contains a list of identities and previously used e-mail > addresses that are associated with that identity. > > Unfortunately

[PATCH v4 0/3] use mailmap by default in git log

2019-07-11 Thread Ariadne Conill
It is not uncommon for people to change their name or e-mail address. To facilitate this, Git provides support for the `.mailmap` file, which contains a list of identities and previously used e-mail addresses that are associated with that identity. Unfortunately, while Git's support for the `.mail