Re: Git for Windows v2.23.0-rc0, was Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git v2.23.0-rc0

[Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>]

Hi,

On Wed, 31 Jul 2019, Ariadne Conill wrote:

> Hello,
>
> On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 10:21 PM Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> >
> > Jeff King <peff@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.
> >
>
> I think if the warning is annoying people, then we should just change
> the default and document it in the release notes.  Ultimately, I think
> that this is behaviour that most see as a bug (especially when you
> consider that `git shortlog` and `git blame` default to using mailmap
> already), so simply describing it as a bugfix is arguably sufficient.

I also agree!

And it makes me happy not only because I am no longer annoyed by that
warning that flickers before the pager kicks in, but even happier
because I know people who used to be known by another name that they
really do not care about anymore.

Thanks,
Dscho