Re: [RFC] A global mailmap service

2018-12-12 Thread Lukas Fleischer
On Thu, 13 Dec 2018 at 03:17:21, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Lukas Fleischer writes: > > > The basic idea of the service I imagine is simple: > > > > 1. You register a primary email address and specify a password. You > >receive a verification email to confirm that the address is yours. > > I wo

Re: [RFC] A global mailmap service

2018-12-12 Thread Junio C Hamano
Lukas Fleischer writes: > The basic idea of the service I imagine is simple: > > 1. You register a primary email address and specify a password. You >receive a verification email to confirm that the address is yours. I would do so with my current, reachable address, I'd presume. > 2. At any

[RFC] A global mailmap service

2018-12-11 Thread Lukas Fleischer
I came up with the idea of creating a global mailmap service earlier this year and, given a recent discussion on maintaining .mailmap, I decided to bring it up here. While only marginally related to Git development, I hope that it is relevant enough to not be considered spam. The basic idea of the