Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> writes:

>
> We should consider adding a .mailmap to gentoo.git.
>
> 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). 
>
> 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 well
> which made me think there's perhaps some merit in it.
>
> thanks,
> sam

+1.  I'd like my old contributions mapped too ;)
-- 
Arsen Arsenović