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diff --git a/Documentation/mailmap.txt b/Documentation/mailmap.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..288f04e70c --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/mailmap.txt @@ -0,0 +1,74 @@ +If the file `.mailmap` exists at the toplevel of the repository, or at +the location pointed to by the mailmap.file configuration option, it +is used to map author and committer names and email addresses to +canonical real names and email addresses. + +In the simple form, each line in the file consists of the canonical +real name of an author, whitespace, and an email address used in the +commit (enclosed by '<' and '>') to map to the name. For example: +-- + Proper Name <commit@email.xx> +-- + +The more complex forms are: +-- + <proper@email.xx> <commit@email.xx> +-- +which allows mailmap to replace only the email part of a commit, and: +-- + Proper Name <proper@email.xx> <commit@email.xx> +-- +which allows mailmap to replace both the name and the email of a +commit matching the specified commit email address, and: +-- + Proper Name <proper@email.xx> Commit Name <commit@email.xx> +-- +which allows mailmap to replace both the name and the email of a +commit matching both the specified commit name and email address. + +Example 1: Your history contains commits by two authors, Jane +and Joe, whose names appear in the repository under several forms: + +------------ +Joe Developer <joe@example.com> +Joe R. Developer <joe@example.com> +Jane Doe <jane@example.com> +Jane Doe <jane@laptop.(none)> +Jane D. <jane@desktop.(none)> +------------ + +Now suppose that Joe wants his middle name initial used, and Jane +prefers her family name fully spelled out. A proper `.mailmap` file +would look like: + +------------ +Jane Doe <jane@desktop.(none)> +Joe R. Developer <joe@example.com> +------------ + +Note how there is no need for an entry for <jane@laptop.(none)>, because the +real name of that author is already correct. + +Example 2: Your repository contains commits from the following +authors: + +------------ +nick1 <bugs@company.xx> +nick2 <bugs@company.xx> +nick2 <nick2@company.xx> +santa <me@company.xx> +claus <me@company.xx> +CTO <cto@coompany.xx> +------------ + +Then you might want a `.mailmap` file that looks like: +------------ +<cto@company.xx> <cto@coompany.xx> +Some Dude <some@dude.xx> nick1 <bugs@company.xx> +Other Author <other@author.xx> nick2 <bugs@company.xx> +Other Author <other@author.xx> <nick2@company.xx> +Santa Claus <santa.claus@northpole.xx> <me@company.xx> +------------ + +Use hash '#' for comments that are either on their own line, or after +the email address. |