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[PATCH] .mailmap: Map email addresses to names

From
Stefan Beller <stefanbeller@googlemail.com>
Date
Jul 12, 2013, 11:49 UTC
Message-ID
<1373629769-23647-2-git-send-email-stefanbeller@googlemail.com>
In-Reply-To
<1373629769-23647-1-git-send-email-stefanbeller@googlemail.com>

People change email addresses quite often and sometimes forget to add their entry to the mailmap file. I have contacted lots of people, whose name occurs multiple times in the short log having different email addresses. The entries in the mailmap of this patch are either confirmed by them or are trivial. Trivial means different capitalisation of the domain (@MIT.EDU and @mit.edu) or the domain was localhost, (none) or @local.

Additionally to adding (name, email) mappings to the .mailmap file, it has also been sorted alphabetically. (which explains the removals, which are added 3 lines later on again)

While the most changes happen at the email addresses, we also have a name change in here. Karl Hasselström is now known as Karl Wiberg due to marriage. Congratulations!

To find out whom to contact I used the following small
script:
---
    #!/bin/bash
    git shortlog -sne |awk '{ NF--; $1=""; print }' |sort |uniq -d > mailmapdoubles
    while read line ; do
        # remove leading whitespace
        trimmed=$(echo $line | sed -e 's/^ *//g' -e 's/ *$//g')
        echo "git shortlog -sne | grep \""$trimmed"\""
    done < mailmapdoubles > mailmapdoubles2
    sh mailmapdoubles2
    rm mailmapdoubles
    rm mailmapdoubles2
---
Also interesting for similar tasks are these snippets:
    # Finding out duplicates by comparing email addresses:
    git shortlog -sne |awk '{ print $NF }' |sort |uniq -d
    # Finding out duplicates by comparing names:
    git shortlog -sne |awk '{ NF--; $1=""; print }' |sort |uniq -d
---
Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <stefanbeller@googlemail.com>
---
 .mailmap | 95 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
 1 file changed, 71 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
diff --git a/.mailmap b/.mailmap
index 345cce6..1179767 100644
--- a/.mailmap
+++ b/.mailmap
@@ -5,99 +5,146 @@
 # same person appearing not to be so.
 #
 
-Alex Bennée <kernel-hacker@bennee.com>
+Alejandro R. Sedeño <asedeno@MIT.EDU> <asedeno@mit.edu>
 Alexander Gavrilov <angavrilov@gmail.com>
+Alex Bennée <kernel-hacker@bennee.com>
+Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com> <fork0@t-online.de>
+Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com> <raa@limbo.localdomain>
+Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com> <raa@steel.home>
+Anders Kaseorg <andersk@MIT.EDU> <andersk@ksplice.com>
+Anders Kaseorg <andersk@MIT.EDU> <andersk@mit.edu>
 Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@gmail.com>
+anonymous <linux@horizon.com>
+anonymous <linux@horizon.net>
+Brandon Casey <drafnel@gmail.com> <casey@nrlssc.navy.mil>
 Brian M. Carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.ath.cx>
 Cheng Renquan <crquan@gmail.com>
 Chris Shoemaker <c.shoemaker@cox.net>
-Dan Johnson <computerdruid@gmail.com>
 Dana L. How <danahow@gmail.com>
 Dana L. How <how@deathvalley.cswitch.com>
 Daniel Barkalow <barkalow@iabervon.org>
+Dan Johnson <computerdruid@gmail.com>
 David D. Kilzer <ddkilzer@kilzer.net>
 David Kågedal <davidk@lysator.liu.se>
+David Reiss <dreiss@facebook.com> <dreiss@dreiss-vmware.(none)>
 David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
 Deskin Miller <deskinm@umich.edu>
 Dirk Süsserott <newsletter@dirk.my1.cc>
 Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
 Erik Faye-Lund <kusmabite@gmail.com> <kusmabite@googlemail.com>
-Fredrik Kuivinen <freku045@student.liu.se>
+Florian Achleitner <florian.achleitner.2.6.31@gmail.com> <florian.achleitner2.6.31@gmail.com>
+Franck Bui-Huu <vagabon.xyz@gmail.com> <fbuihuu@gmail.com>
+Frank Lichtenheld <frank@lichtenheld.de> <djpig@debian.org>
+Frank Lichtenheld <frank@lichtenheld.de> <flichtenheld@astaro.com>
 Frédéric Heitzmann <frederic.heitzmann@gmail.com>
+Fredrik Kuivinen <freku045@student.liu.se>
+Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@google.com> Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@xs4all.nl>
 H. Merijn Brand <h.m.brand@xs4all.nl> H.Merijn Brand <h.m.brand@xs4all.nl>
-H. Peter Anvin <hpa@bonde.sc.orionmulti.com>
-H. Peter Anvin <hpa@tazenda.sc.orionmulti.com>
-H. Peter Anvin <hpa@trantor.hos.anvin.org>
 Horst H. von Brand <vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl>
+H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> <hpa@bonde.sc.orionmulti.com>
+H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> <hpa@smyrno.hos.anvin.org>
+H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> <hpa@tazenda.sc.orionmulti.com>
+H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> <hpa@trantor.hos.anvin.org>
 İsmail Dönmez <ismail@pardus.org.tr>
 Jakub Narębski <jnareb@gmail.com>
-Jay Soffian <jaysoffian+git@gmail.com>
+Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@gmail.com> <jaysoffian+git@gmail.com>
+J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu> <bfields@fieldses.org>
+J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu> <bfields@pig.linuxdev.us.dell.com>
+J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu> <bfields@puzzle.fieldses.org>
 Jeff King <peff@peff.net> <peff@github.com>
 Joachim Berdal Haga <cjhaga@fys.uio.no>
+Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
 Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> <johannes.sixt@telecom.at>
-Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
 Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> <J.Sixt@eudaptics.com>
+Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
+Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> <jrnieder@uchicago.edu>
 Jon Loeliger <jdl@freescale.com>
 Jon Seymour <jon@blackcubes.dyndns.org>
-Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@uchicago.edu>
 Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> <gitster@pobox.com>
-Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> <junio@pobox.com>
-Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> <junio@twinsun.com>
-Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> <junkio@twinsun.com>
 Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> <junio@hera.kernel.org>
 Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> <junio@kernel.org>
+Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> <junio@pobox.com>
+Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> <junio@twinsun.com>
 Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> <junkio@cox.net>
-Karl Hasselström <kha@treskal.com>
-Kevin Leung <kevinlsk@gmail.com>
+Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> <junkio@twinsun.com>
+Karl Wiberg <kha@treskal.com> Karl Hasselström <kha@treskal.com>
+Karl Wiberg <kha@treskal.com> Karl Hasselström <kha@yoghurt.hemma.treskal.com>
+Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> <kay@mam.(none)>
+Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> <kay.sievers@suse.de>
+Keith Cascio <keith@CS.UCLA.EDU> <keith@cs.ucla.edu>
 Kent Engstrom <kent@lysator.liu.se>
+Kevin Leung <kevinlsk@gmail.com>
+Kirill Smelkov <kirr@navytux.spb.ru> <kirr@landau.phys.spbu.ru>
+Kirill Smelkov <kirr@navytux.spb.ru> <kirr@mns.spb.ru>
 Lars Doelle <lars.doelle@on-line ! de>
 Lars Doelle <lars.doelle@on-line.de>
 Li Hong <leehong@pku.edu.cn>
-Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>
-Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> <torvalds@osdl.org>
-Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>
 Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> <torvalds@evo.osdl.org>
+Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>
+Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> <torvalds@osdl.org>
 Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org>
 Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org.(none)>
+Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>
 Lukas Sandström <lukass@etek.chalmers.se>
 Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@gmail.com>
 Mark Rada <marada@uwaterloo.ca>
 Martin Langhoff <martin@laptop.org> <martin@catalyst.net.nz>
 Martin von Zweigbergk <martinvonz@gmail.com> <martin.von.zweigbergk@gmail.com>
+Matthias Kestenholz <matthias@spinlock.ch> <mk@spinlock.ch>
+Matthias Urlichs <matthias@urlichs.de> <smurf@kiste.(none)>
+Matthias Urlichs <matthias@urlichs.de> <smurf@smurf.noris.de>
 Michael Coleman <tutufan@gmail.com>
 Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> <michaeljgruber+gmane@fastmail.fm>
+Michael Witten <mfwitten@gmail.com> <mfwitten@mit.edu>
+Michael Witten <mfwitten@gmail.com> <mfwitten@MIT.EDU>
 Michael W. Olson <mwolson@gnu.org>
 Michele Ballabio <barra_cuda@katamail.com>
+Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org> <vmiklos@suse.cz>
+Namhyung Kim <namhyung@gmail.com> <namhyung@kernel.org>
+Namhyung Kim <namhyung@gmail.com> <namhyung.kim@lge.com>
 Nanako Shiraishi <nanako3@bluebottle.com>
 Nanako Shiraishi <nanako3@lavabit.com>
 Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
 <nico@fluxnic.net> <nico@cam.org>
-Peter Krefting <peter@softwolves.pp.se> <peter@svarten.intern.softwolves.pp.se>
+Pascal Obry <pascal@obry.net> <pascal.obry@gmail.com>
+Pascal Obry <pascal@obry.net> <pascal.obry@wanadoo.fr>
+Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> <paulus@dorrigo.(none)>
+Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> <paulus@pogo.(none)>
 Peter Krefting <peter@softwolves.pp.se> <peter@softwolves.pp.se>
+Peter Krefting <peter@softwolves.pp.se> <peter@svarten.intern.softwolves.pp.se>
 Petr Baudis <pasky@ucw.cz> <pasky@suse.cz>
+Petr Baudis <pasky@ucw.cz> <xpasky@machine>
 Philippe Bruhat <book@cpan.org>
 Ralf Thielow <ralf.thielow@gmail.com> <ralf.thielow@googlemail.com>
 Ramsay Allan Jones <ramsay@ramsay1.demon.co.uk>
 René Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx>
 Robert Fitzsimons <robfitz@273k.net>
 Robert Zeh <robert.a.zeh@gmail.com>
+Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg@dewire.com> <robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com>
+Salikh Zakirov <salikh.zakirov@gmail.com> <Salikh.Zakirov@Intel.com>
 Sam Vilain <sam@vilain.net>
-Santi Béjar <sbejar@gmail.com>
+Santi Béjar <santi@agolina.net> <sbejar@gmail.com>
 Sean Estabrooks <seanlkml@sympatico.ca>
+Sebastian Schuberth <sschuberth@gmail.com> <sschuberth@visageimaging.com>
 Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
-Steven Grimm <koreth@midwinter.com>
+Stephen Boyd <bebarino@gmail.com> <sboyd@codeaurora.org>
+Steven Grimm <koreth@midwinter.com> <sgrimm@sgrimm-mbp.local>
+Sven Verdoolaege <skimo@kotnet.org> <skimo@liacs.nl>
+Sven Verdoolaege <skimo@kotnet.org> <Sven.Verdoolaege@cs.kuleuven.ac.be>
 Tay Ray Chuan <rctay89@gmail.com>
 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
+Thomas Ackermann <th.acker@arcor.de> <th.acker66@arcor.de>
 Thomas Rast <trast@inf.ethz.ch> <trast@student.ethz.ch>
+Timo Hirvonen <tihirvon@gmail.com> <tihirvon@ee.oulu.fi>
+Toby Allsopp <Toby.Allsopp@navman.co.nz> <toby.allsopp@navman.co.nz>
 Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
-Uwe Kleine-König <Uwe_Zeisberger@digi.com>
-Uwe Kleine-König <Uwe.Kleine-Koenig@digi.com>
 Uwe Kleine-König <ukleinek@informatik.uni-freiburg.de>
+Uwe Kleine-König <Uwe.Kleine-Koenig@digi.com>
+Uwe Kleine-König <Uwe_Zeisberger@digi.com>
 Uwe Kleine-König <uzeisberger@io.fsforth.de>
 Uwe Kleine-König <zeisberg@informatik.uni-freiburg.de>
 Ville Skyttä <scop@xemacs.org>
 Vitaly "_Vi" Shukela <public_vi@tut.by>
 William Pursell <bill.pursell@gmail.com>
 YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org>
-anonymous <linux@horizon.com>
-anonymous <linux@horizon.net>
+
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  1. 0/6 Corrections to the mailmap fileStefan Beller, Jul 4, 2013
  2. 1/6 .mailmap: Multiple email addresses of Alejandro R. SedeñoStefan Beller, Jul 4, 2013
  3. 2/6 .mailmap: Multiple mail addresses of Alex RiesenStefan Beller, Jul 4, 2013
  4. 3/6 .mailmap: Multiple mail addresses of Paul MackerrasStefan Beller, Jul 4, 2013
  5. 4/6 .mailmap: Multiple mail addresses of Keith CascioStefan Beller, Jul 4, 2013
  6. 5/6 .mailmap: Multiple mail addresses of Johannes SchindelinStefan Beller, Jul 4, 2013
  7. 6/6 .mailmap: Multiple mail addresses of Toby AllsoppStefan Beller, Jul 4, 2013
  8. Stefan BellerJul 4, 2013
  9. Junio C HamanoJul 11, 2013
  10. Stefan BellerJul 11, 2013
  11. Junio C HamanoJul 11, 2013
  12. Corrections to the mailmap fileStefan Beller, Jul 12, 2013
  13. .mailmap: Map email addresses to namesStefan Beller, Jul 12, 2013
  14. Junio C HamanoJul 12, 2013
  15. Jonathan NiederJul 12, 2013
  16. Stefan BellerJul 12, 2013
  17. Stefan BellerJul 12, 2013
  18. Junio C HamanoJul 12, 2013

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