[ovs-dev] [PATCH] Add .mailmap file.

Ben Pfaff blp at ovn.org
Sat Nov 5 22:33:09 UTC 2016


On Fri, Nov 04, 2016 at 09:28:29PM -0400, Russell Bryant wrote:
> Create a .mailmap file as described in git-shortlog(1).  This is used to
> map commits that contain different names or email addresses to the same
> person.
> 
> This file will automatically be used by git-shortlog.  It can also be
> used by other commands, such as git-log by providing the --use-mailmap
> option.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Russell Bryant <russell at ovn.org>

The documentation for this feature is super-confusing, to the point that
I don't actually understand it.  I'm going to assume that you got it
correct, though.

Another equivalence I've noticed is RYAN D. MOATS for Ryan Moats.

Acked-by: Ben Pfaff <blp at ovn.org>



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