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=-4.1 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI 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 4A4FD20A1E for ; Sat, 8 Dec 2018 08:25:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726124AbeLHIZd (ORCPT ); Sat, 8 Dec 2018 03:25:33 -0500 Received: from mail-io1-f66.google.com ([209.85.166.66]:44445 "EHLO mail-io1-f66.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726103AbeLHIZc (ORCPT ); Sat, 8 Dec 2018 03:25:32 -0500 Received: by mail-io1-f66.google.com with SMTP id r200so5130560iod.11 for ; Sat, 08 Dec 2018 00:25:31 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=mky4tZfjLBthpVHxPZ9n7uPmvPuhdTiGe6YFtV3taXU=; b=JmRhvv7pS3js6KmyGxNr8g9tsUeF14/slEJCONhiAcFuRtwseDM39/+oDNTZA44nHx An2eFM+0BKt/JnI5yEuqPGwJnrLdliSQqbpEwD7SKqBydC4ww58ooHxPeImPm9xfu/4t nQ66vx0xYeTeOVgKnQKq0RuYVMdql5bq4W3n2rrrIkPTZytAmwYOF23l3OX2GC6Ojku8 9uck8OL+iM59vIUmlBr96X0N44PljTMXdbmWdY54Ja+D9uNv8M+l1cxb6pmkTauauJLW G8T5TubXaL8zp6vOQGd5NRj2QCOyQUqdq+vv0K5MKKed1cVcy9s1mvNcztTaoQib5tjz fG7w== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=mky4tZfjLBthpVHxPZ9n7uPmvPuhdTiGe6YFtV3taXU=; b=UBETNcxf8Q5iXjq28Qx4en3JwSqXC2oRsFCZ1DedGjAvhjGxy3U1+1tef/JyiKTXAP WZpuwF7B25hR5yj6/6HimsMit/QmJlxc2tHBxOws7EEuHccOXhgQOGR1sP1XjxWtUOwZ dS40WE26d7iVzmx+XI3Wd9hgX+n+vsA75BvPoFGSkpxBu4TXmPBathnzboVlVtcUCJ2/ L+xciFNeVamdUBH8bn6WXOet5btdA661bL4Yh0cV0LB21FMmZPz6pk3Z7HmCVLvziPcz 6EgVxKFLPCAcK/l6O0CGENiTBuuiq044j5QrzumXbXjXVqAL60Ncaizhv+N6wPB7lLMl edfA== X-Gm-Message-State: AA+aEWZ4MlqNt5Amvy/JhaQhiYfC4JeQmrcAXhWKm6ouMu3KZDYy80PO 0m60w4dXqFSNmtiGDJ+7UJ48GtaJT9ZnlWh/fHE= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AFSGD/Vo3Z2SqBBLLn7Q6R996RDiTvqlf9uQYl+Zi1T0eMamiqAtB4uRwDByPd7xopvLCC5bTvI3pI6nQJJmk+Wd5Wk= X-Received: by 2002:a6b:242:: with SMTP id 63mr4207017ioc.118.1544257531181; Sat, 08 Dec 2018 00:25:31 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20181207205621.49961-1-bwilliams.eng@gmail.com> <20181207214013.GA73340@google.com> In-Reply-To: From: Duy Nguyen Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2018 09:25:04 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH] mailmap: update brandon williams's email address To: Junio C Hamano Cc: Stefan Beller , Jonathan Nieder , bwilliamseng@gmail.com, Git Mailing List , Brandon Williams Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Dec 8, 2018 at 7:09 AM Junio C Hamano wrote: > If this were "Jonathan asked Brandon if we want to record an address > we can reach him in our .mailmap file and sent a patch to add one", Not sure about Jonathan, but I did. > then the story is different, and I tend to agree with you that such > a patch is more or less pointless. That's not the purpose of the > mailmap file. Not directly, but when multiple commands use mailmap to show the canonical mail addresses, then it kinda is. When I look back at an old commit message, I may look up the author name and address, which is mapped. > Not until git-send-email learns to use that file to rewrite > To/cc/etc to the "canonical" addresses, anyway ;-) git-send-email does not have to when I copy/paste the address from git-log anyway. > I am not sure if there are people whose "canonical" address to be > used as the author is not necessarily the best address they want to > get their e-mails at, though. If we can be reasonably sure that the > set of such people is empty, then people can take the above mention > about send-email as a hint about a low-hanging fruit ;-) > > Thanks. > > -- Duy