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 46ED815808B for ; Sat, 17 Feb 2024 04:26:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B636DE2A0C; Sat, 17 Feb 2024 04:26:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (mail.gentoo.org [IPv6:2001:470:ea4a:1:5054:ff:fec7:86e4]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 747E1E2A08 for ; Sat, 17 Feb 2024 04:26:52 +0000 (UTC) References: <87frxwpxcm.fsf@gentoo.org> User-agent: mu4e 1.10.8; emacs 30.0.50 From: Sam James To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Cc: Maciej =?utf-8?Q?Bar=C4=87?= , "Robin H. Johnson" Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Introducing .mailmap? Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2024 04:26:23 +0000 Organization: Gentoo In-reply-to: <87frxwpxcm.fsf@gentoo.org> Message-ID: <87jzn3lnqv.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; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: 3197a6a0-43a9-47b8-bf2c-eb5c12b6d7dd X-Archives-Hash: 383ab6f8716cbf368874627d8a9e95e1 --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sam James writes: > [[PGP Signed Part:Undecided]] > Hi, > > We should consider adding a .mailmap to gentoo.git. Done in aa4b05d520ebfd044d8a852d7d48937ab160f48d. > > 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, 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). > > * 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 > > 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. > > thanks, > sam > > [[End of PGP Signed Part]] --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iOUEARYKAI0WIQQlpruI3Zt2TGtVQcJzhAn1IN+RkAUCZdA1iF8UgAAAAAAuAChp c3N1ZXItZnByQG5vdGF0aW9ucy5vcGVucGdwLmZpZnRoaG9yc2VtYW4ubmV0MjVB NkJCODhERDlCNzY0QzZCNTU0MUMyNzM4NDA5RjUyMERGOTE5MA8cc2FtQGdlbnRv by5vcmcACgkQc4QJ9SDfkZAzDgD/f8MENqGmsFr9lv991uZIaYSIjFzsXF1oeTkR z+Fg01QBAJDwFUpzY89nrpNCAIbtqwvwB6xBFOnynxGlD8lgc1YL =m4hB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--