Hi, On Tue, Feb 13, 2024 at 08:39:17AM +0000, Sam James wrote: > Hi, > > We should consider adding a .mailmap to gentoo.git.
yes, I support its addition. All 3 points make sense to me. Petr > There's a few reasons: > * We should accurately map pre-developer-status contributions. > For example, it'd be nice if s...@cmpct.info was mapped correctly > into s...@gentoo.org when doing git blame. > > We know s...@cmpct.info and s...@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
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