From: Blyxyas <blyxyas@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Inconsistent names in `git shortlog`
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2023 02:00:27 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAGeanHfxL9e_OHPFzBjLjgVU=QLvwYS9QVCGHC1JHSkApRAwgQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
`git shortlog` (specifically talking about `git shortlog -sn`, but
applies to the whole subcommand) produces a list of names based on the
contributors to a Git repository.
But it turns out that the output of the shortlog is very inconsistent
in that sometimes it uses the username and other times the full name.
This can happen even in the same repo.
This isn't a big deal on its own, but there are some external tools
(like thanks.rust-lang.org) that use the output of `git shortlog` to
thank contributors, and it has some cases of people going just by
their first name (no surnames), or people appearing multiple times,
once with their username and one with their real name.
There should be a convention established. I would personally prefer
using usernames, as the huge impact of Github would mean that it's
easier to go to their profile just by copy-pasting their shortlog
name. Maybe add a `--realname` / `-r` flag to the command to show the
real names and show usernames by default?
next reply other threads:[~2023-04-25 0:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-04-25 0:00 Blyxyas [this message]
2023-04-25 0:40 ` Inconsistent names in `git shortlog` brian m. carlson
2023-04-25 6:52 ` Jeff King
2023-04-25 15:46 ` Junio C Hamano
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