From 0925ce4d49ef8352617e8f56231bd36802a2f138 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marius Storm-Olsen Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 15:34:29 +0100 Subject: Add map_user() and clear_mailmap() to mailmap map_user() allows to lookup and replace both email and name of a user, based on a new style mailmap file. The possible mailmap definitions are now: proper_name # Old style # New style proper_name # New style proper_name commit_name # New style map_email() operates the same as before, with the exception that it also will to try to match on a name passed in through the name return buffer. clear_mailmap() is needed to now clear the more complex mailmap structure. Signed-off-by: Marius Storm-Olsen Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/git-shortlog.txt | 87 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 64 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt index 66b6045849..a0eaab5250 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt @@ -48,24 +48,38 @@ OPTIONS FILES ----- -If a file `.mailmap` exists at the toplevel of the repository, or at the -location pointed to by the log.mailmap configuration option, -it is used to map an author email address to a canonical real name. This -can be used to coalesce together commits by the same person where their -name was spelled differently (whether with the same email address or -not). - -Each line in the file consists, in this order, of the canonical real name -of an author, whitespace, and an email address (enclosed by '<' and '>') -to map to the name. Use hash '#' for comments, either on their own line, -or after the email address. - -A canonical name may appear in more than one line, associated with -different email addresses, but it doesn't make sense for a given address -to appear more than once (if that happens, a later line overrides the -earlier ones). - -So, for example, if your history contains commits by two authors, Jane +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. +This mapping can be used to coalesce together commits by the same +person where their name and/or email address was spelled differently. + +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. Thus, looks like +this +-- + Proper Name +-- + +The more complex forms are +-- + +-- +which allows mailmap to replace only the email part of a commit, and +-- + Proper Name +-- +which allows mailmap to replace both the name and the email of a +commit matching the specified commit email address, and +-- + Proper Name Commit Name +-- +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: ------------ @@ -76,16 +90,43 @@ Jane Doe Jane D. ------------ -Then, supposing Joe wants his middle name initial used, and Jane prefers -her family name fully spelled out, a proper `.mailmap` file would look like: +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: ------------ -# Note how we don't need an entry for , because the -# real name of that author is correct already, and coalesced directly. -Jane Doe +Jane Doe Joe R. Developer ------------ +Note how we don't need an entry for , because the +real name of that author is correct already, and coalesced directly. + +Example 2: Your repository contains commits from the following +authors: + +------------ +nick1 +nick2 +nick2 +santa +claus +CTO +------------ + +Then, you might want a `.mailmap` file looking like: +------------ + +Some Dude nick1 +Other Author nick2 +Other Author +Santa Claus +------------ + +Use hash '#' for comments that are either on their own line, or after +the email address. + + Author ------ Written by Jeff Garzik -- cgit v1.2.1