From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C6C9215808B for ; Tue, 13 Feb 2024 09:01:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B3DFCE2A0D; Tue, 13 Feb 2024 09:01:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (woodpecker.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 63824E29FC for ; Tue, 13 Feb 2024 09:01:34 +0000 (UTC) Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2024 10:01:26 +0100 From: Petr =?utf-8?B?VmFuxJtr?= To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Cc: Maciej =?utf-8?B?QmFyxIc=?= , "Robin H. Johnson" Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Introducing .mailmap? Message-ID: <20242139126-Zcsv5gZYk2LJkm32-arkamar@gentoo.org> References: <87frxwpxcm.fsf@gentoo.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="MTYfjoUJ92+pobph" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87frxwpxcm.fsf@gentoo.org> X-Archives-Salt: 2d442746-9055-4cd1-8bb8-38af5e30e468 X-Archives-Hash: 3d8ff1f32e3973164ec4a915dcad49d1 --MTYfjoUJ92+pobph Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, On Tue, Feb 13, 2024 at 08:39:17AM +0000, Sam James wrote: > Hi, >=20 > We should consider adding a .mailmap to gentoo.git. yes, I support its addition. All 3 points make sense to me. Petr > 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. >=20 > 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. >=20 > * 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, whi= ch > 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). >=20 > * 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).=20 >=20 > I was considering this anyway but xgqt pinged me about it after > I mentioned it on a recent bug (https://bugs.gentoo.org/836936#c12) as we= ll > which made me think there's perhaps some merit in it. >=20 > thanks, > sam --MTYfjoUJ92+pobph Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCAAdFiEEoDIFP/dmMcxNFBW7NR2RttffnlAFAmXLL+YACgkQNR2Rttff nlDlfg/6AxZ33zlzT4/5cHcNaQXh+uBgSxT4MI+yVmasWMlKpOTriW6hkE4v6dyO rR3S5xekoULl1WFgfCNfqtoC9+Aw2LGM0asMjeibEKluwhw6JTdD3lmVLmFEO9DR kgD/vuVxTcXAl/MQa7HHSfX1qsmYnGK++mxfEnJQwkUU18fScKlwDbn5xxNabXnp 8XZcRmjVYBuwiqarTk6KfgsC2qggpW8ytW5SSaLRiRbJqassuf374wj34eOwVBmi Rv2gdItZ0BzpvFoCKszO7rcqX4L5o+pshQYRd2bK23S3GR3UO0i/nZdwv3eGqzxQ n2SklVqBJ7TpwsByo/BDoqwsPwFvViN9HwKlXNDWqCM5zim1rQ5aNjgd8gW4NFxF NjjITzDBt4ZdMao5e8tMqc0jG4LpuKFGPUXzvrVLN7PHqBLtlvd7sT42z0aRy7GI 5Klvqi9aymmeOhJ/MYiGHnnHDX38LtLcUDwouDnoWHb3Qp1MH7f02xqIn6Wqz/62 54gu42rIzytrZpnK4ONug7yYltX1zB5hypOncUpnVEJ4zQfN8wGj/8qOUaO5ebXQ fWBUdCbsZNiE6/aZmdig2BK07Vkx8Cuc9Ojb6TB/hD9sC6abVrD1WIHQryxqD09J pCux5K8MlYFGgtcMVYFBfv3ZMCAE73k4tsJbNfat1A1GDlMDtfs= =2huf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --MTYfjoUJ92+pobph--