From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_NONE shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 975651F463 for ; Sun, 22 Sep 2019 21:07:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2392542AbfIVVHj (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Sep 2019 17:07:39 -0400 Received: from avasout04.plus.net ([212.159.14.19]:45954 "EHLO avasout04.plus.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S2388917AbfIVVHj (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Sep 2019 17:07:39 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 451 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Sun, 22 Sep 2019 17:07:39 EDT Received: from hashpling.plus.com ([212.159.69.125]) by smtp with ESMTP id C8xfiQNRM37rvC8xhiMACJ; Sun, 22 Sep 2019 22:00:05 +0100 X-Clacks-Overhead: "GNU Terry Pratchett" X-CM-Score: 0.00 X-CNFS-Analysis: v=2.3 cv=UvodyN4B c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=wpJ/2au8Z6V/NgdivHIBow==:117 a=wpJ/2au8Z6V/NgdivHIBow==:17 a=jpOVt7BSZ2e4Z31A5e1TngXxSK0=:19 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=J70Eh1EUuV4A:10 a=8w0sICF6Jfexkq3VgCgA:9 a=5cUj-AAhIfbFW2Sy:21 a=GNtb71-I5PfxJ4j8:21 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=pHzHmUro8NiASowvMSCR:22 a=n87TN5wuljxrRezIQYnT:22 Received: from seabee by hashpling.plus.com with local (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iC8xf-0002UT-DU; Sun, 22 Sep 2019 22:00:03 +0100 Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2019 22:00:03 +0100 From: CB Bailey To: Ariadne Conill Cc: git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/3] use mailmap by default in git log Message-ID: <20190922210003.4vczwqqucnaww3c6@hashpling.org> References: <20190711183727.8058-1-ariadne@dereferenced.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20190711183727.8058-1-ariadne@dereferenced.org> User-Agent: NeoMutt/20170113 (1.7.2) X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4wfNPFRwEtgHaZu2gE8xB/u5b170JghgVqUx8oFKFbRgXcVq5XKLVLXpSzFhiaeSaDB3vqJTwFoF8f/7DgTTppaZwUFMZWgh1F3DRbFXRy0SRWXiubCe+O 1dxft6dGbUcVY5GRDKoi88SHBR8NhUUluJXY601vQr0gLsyc+iFutQMgqMhlffLaKDE+MOQDc7GIpw== Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org 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 associated with that identity. > > Unfortunately, while Git's support for the `.mailmap` file is generally > excellent, I recently discovered that `git log` does not treat the > mail map file the same as the other tools, instead requiring an > explicit flag to use the mailmap file. > > I believe this is an unfortunate flaw, as the mailmap file should > ideally contain the most current known contact information for a > contributor, allowing anyone to contact the contributor about their > patches in the future. > > This should be the finished version of the patch set, thanks to > everyone who has helped review it! Thank you very much for following up on this. I've been meaning to revisit my RFC from last year on this topic for some time but unfortunately Git work has not been able to be a priority for me for some time. I think that this patch everything that covered 'log' specifically that I'm aware of, 'shortlog' still has some issues that I'd like to address. CB