From 7d48e9e6f77d336376c1a554eeff0590f77e1ee1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marius Storm-Olsen Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 15:34:31 +0100 Subject: Move mailmap documentation into separate file Include it directly from git-shortlog.txt, and refer to it from pretty-format.txt. Signed-off-by: Marius Storm-Olsen Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/git-shortlog.txt | 89 +++++------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 80 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation/git-shortlog.txt') diff --git a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt index a0eaab5250..42463a955d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt @@ -45,86 +45,15 @@ OPTIONS and subsequent lines are indented by `indent2` spaces. `width`, `indent1`, and `indent2` default to 76, 6 and 9 respectively. -FILES ------ - -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: - ------------- -Joe Developer -Joe R. Developer -Jane Doe -Jane Doe -Jane D. ------------- - -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 -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. + +MAPPING AUTHORS +--------------- + +The `.mailmap` feature is used to coalesce together commits by the same +person in the shortlog, where their name and/or email address was +spelled differently. + +include::mailmap.txt[] Author -- cgit v1.2.3