Re: [PATCH] mailmap: fix check for freeing memory

> As proposed I checked recent kernel history and saw:
> 
> $ git log --min-parents=2 --oneline 
> d6a5e06 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/steve/gfs2-3.0-fixes
> 7067552 Merge branch 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
> e91dade Merge branch 'timers-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
> fbf2184 Merge branch 'drm-fixes' of git://people.freedesktop.org/~airlied/linux
> 3387ed8 Merge tag 'drm-intel-fixes-2013-08-15' of git://people.freedesktop.org/~danvet/drm-intel
> d2b2c08 Merge branch 'drm-fixes-3.11' of git://people.freedesktop.org/~agd5f/linux
> 50e37cc Merge branch 'for-3.11-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup
> a08797e Merge tag 'ext4_for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4
> 2620bf0 Merge branch 'fixes' of git://git.linaro.org/people/rmk/linux-arm
> 359d16c Merge branch 'for-3.11' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/geert/linux-m68k
> 0f7dd1a Merge tag 'clk-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.linaro.org/people/mturquette/linux
> 2d2843e Merge tag 'pm-3.11-rc6' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rafael/linux-pm
> f43c606 Merge tag 'sound-3.11' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound
> 89cb9ae Merge tag 'usb-3.11-rc6' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb
> 
> in their .mailmap it read:
> 	# repo-abbrev: /pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/
> 
> So the abbreviation doesn't take place, can this feature be turned off?
> I'm still confused by that feature.