From aa4b05d520ebfd044d8a852d7d48937ab160f48d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sam James Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2024 04:01:53 +0000 Subject: .mailmap: init As proposed at https://marc.info/?l=gentoo-dev&m=170781377903495&w=2. """ There's a few reasons: * We should accurately map pre-developer-status contributions. For example, it'd be nice if sam@cmpct.info was mapped correctly into sam@gentoo.org when doing git blame. We know sam@cmpct.info and sam@gentoo.org are the same person, it feels coherent to tell git that via the mechanism intended for it. * It's useful for when people retire as well. Not that I plan on going anywhere any time soon (sorry!), but this is both a useful way for people to better "retain credit" *and* for e.g. 'git blame' to work better if they then come back as a contributor but not a developer, which happens on occasion, or if they occasionally contribute with a different email address (we have this for some devs who contribute under a "work context" too). * It allows people to have git respecting changing their name for various reasons (e.g. we've had contributors start using their real name and vice-versa over the years). """ Signed-off-by: Sam James --- .mailmap | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) create mode 100644 .mailmap (limited to '.mailmap') diff --git a/.mailmap b/.mailmap new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..f7249804e12d --- /dev/null +++ b/.mailmap @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +# Old/new developers can be added here to map their contributions accurately +# before joining and after retiring, as well as the usual uses of .mailmap. +# See gitmailmap(5) for format details. +Sam James Sam James (sam_c) +Sam James Sam James (sam_c) -- cgit v1.2.3-65-gdbad