{"thread":{"id":"30792","subject":"[Query] Update email-id in kernel source","startedAt":"2012-06-13T09:24:19Z","lastAt":"2012-06-14T09:44:34Z","messageCount":3,"participants":["viresh kumar","Chris Packham"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"193531","messageId":"CAOh2x=k==ZjqQk4bvvviz4Uy7Xg2yn0A+9vbYJ63VJa4qMCodA@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"30792","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"[Query] Update email-id in kernel source","fromName":"viresh kumar","fromEmail":"viresh.linux@gmail.com","sentAt":"2012-06-13T09:24:19Z","receivedAt":"2012-06-13T09:24:19Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"viresh.linux@gmail.com","avatar":null},"body":"Hi guys,\n\nI have recently changed my company and am required to update my email address in\nkernel source.\n\nI can only see one way of doing that:\n- Do a git grep, update all files, commit and post the patch.\n\nIs there any better way of doing this that git provides, by which even\n'git log' would show\nthe latest id available? I heard from a friend but don't know if it exists.\n\n--\nViresh\n"},{"id":"193532","messageId":"4FD860A9.4000804@gmail.com","threadId":"30792","inReplyTo":"CAOh2x=k==ZjqQk4bvvviz4Uy7Xg2yn0A+9vbYJ63VJa4qMCodA@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: [Query] Update email-id in kernel source","fromName":"Chris Packham","fromEmail":"judge.packham@gmail.com","sentAt":"2012-06-13T09:43:05Z","receivedAt":"2012-06-13T09:43:05Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"judge.packham@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/155667?v=4"},"body":"On 06/13/2012 09:24 PM, viresh kumar wrote:\n> Hi guys,\n> \n> I have recently changed my company and am required to update my email address in\n> kernel source.\n> \n> I can only see one way of doing that:\n> - Do a git grep, update all files, commit and post the patch.\n> \n> Is there any better way of doing this that git provides, by which even\n> 'git log' would show\n> the latest id available? I heard from a friend but don't know if it exists.\n> \n> --\n> Viresh\n> --\n> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line \"unsubscribe git\" in\n> the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org\n> More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html\n\nNot sure if the kernel maintains one but projects can use a .mailmap[1]\nfile to do just this kind of thing. You'd still have to update code if\nyou want people to get hold of you from MODULE_AUTHOR statements.\n\n--\n[1] - http://www.git-scm.com/docs/git-shortlog\n"},{"id":"193640","messageId":"4FD9B282.7090106@gmail.com","threadId":"30792","inReplyTo":"4FD860A9.4000804@gmail.com","subject":"Re: [Query] Update email-id in kernel source","fromName":"Chris Packham","fromEmail":"judge.packham@gmail.com","sentAt":"2012-06-14T09:44:34Z","receivedAt":"2012-06-14T09:44:34Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"judge.packham@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/155667?v=4"},"body":"On 06/13/2012 09:43 PM, Chris Packham wrote:\n> On 06/13/2012 09:24 PM, viresh kumar wrote:\n>> Hi guys,\n>>\n>> I have recently changed my company and am required to update my email address in\n>> kernel source.\n>>\n>> I can only see one way of doing that:\n>> - Do a git grep, update all files, commit and post the patch.\n>>\n>> Is there any better way of doing this that git provides, by which even\n>> 'git log' would show\n>> the latest id available? I heard from a friend but don't know if it exists.\n>>\n>> --\n>> Viresh\n>> --\n>> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line \"unsubscribe git\" in\n>> the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org\n>> More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html\n> \n> Not sure if the kernel maintains one but projects can use a .mailmap[1]\n> file to do just this kind of thing. You'd still have to update code if\n> you want people to get hold of you from MODULE_AUTHOR statements.\n> \n> --\n> [1] - http://www.git-scm.com/docs/git-shortlog\n\ngit log does support the .mailmap feature with the %aE format option but\nit looks like it doesn't do it by default. I'm guessing performance is\nprobably the reason. Anyone else care to comment?\n\n(Re-send. Sorry for the spam, I can't convince my phone not to send HTML)\n"}]}