From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Blyxyas <blyxyas@gmail.com>
Cc: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Inconsistent names in `git shortlog`
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2023 08:46:07 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqq8reg55j4.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230425065242.GE4061254@coredump.intra.peff.net> (Jeff King's message of "Tue, 25 Apr 2023 02:52:42 -0400")
Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> On Tue, Apr 25, 2023 at 02:00:27AM +0200, Blyxyas wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> I agree with everything brian said elsewhere, but I wanted to add one
> thing: for this "multiple times" problem, it can be solved with a
> mailmap file, which associates names such that ones you don't like can
> be rewritten to ones that you do. See "git help mailmap" for details and
> examples.
And another, potentially more effective, tool is to have a project
convention. Teach the participant of your project to be consistent
in the first place.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-04-25 15:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-04-25 0:00 Inconsistent names in `git shortlog` Blyxyas
2023-04-25 0:40 ` brian m. carlson
2023-04-25 6:52 ` Jeff King
2023-04-25 15:46 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
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