[PATCH] create .mailmap file (for git shortlog/blame)

[PATCH] create .mailmap file (for git shortlog/blame)

[David Bremner]

Recently it was suggested on the list that we add a contributor to
AUTHORS. This file has been unmodified for 7 years, and is somewhat out
of date. It would potentially make sense to automagically update this
file during the release process using the output from git shortlog. This
file helps clean up some inconsistencies in author data in the history.
---
 .mailmap | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .mailmap

diff --git a/.mailmap b/.mailmap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..935c6eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.mailmap
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Peter Feigl <craven@gmx.net>
+Nate <nstraz@redhat.com>
+Ali Polatel <alip@penguen.ev>
+Stefan <aeuii@posteo.de>
+Patrick Totzke <patricktotzke@googlemail.com>
+Patrick Totzke <patricktotzke@gmail.com>
+Patrick Totzke <p.totzke@ed.ac.uk>
+Mark Walters <markwalters1009@gmail.com>
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Re: [PATCH] create .mailmap file (for git shortlog/blame)

[Gaute Hope]

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David Bremner writes on juli 22, 2016 14:47:
> It would potentially make sense to automagically update this
> file during the release process using the output from git shortlog.  

I use git-rank-contributors to maintain sup (written by William Morgan
of sup fame, appropriately of this conversation).

It used to live on gitorious, I have a fork here with some minor
tweaks (like hard-coded aliases): https://github.com/gauteh/willgit

Regards, Gaute


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Re: [PATCH] create .mailmap file (for git shortlog/blame)

[David Bremner]

David Bremner <david@tethera.net> writes:

> Recently it was suggested on the list that we add a contributor to
> AUTHORS. This file has been unmodified for 7 years, and is somewhat out
> of date. It would potentially make sense to automagically update this
> file during the release process using the output from git shortlog. This
> file helps clean up some inconsistencies in author data in the history.

pushed.

d