Re: [Q] do we have your name correctly?

From: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Date: May 13, 2015, 22:53 UTC
Message-ID: <20150513225337.GD425227@vauxhall.crustytoothpaste.net>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqa8x89k0x.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>

On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 03:42:38PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> Before cdb6b5ac (.mailmap: Combine more (name, email) to individual
> persons, 2013-08-12), we used to have this entry in .mailmap:
> 
>     Brian M. Carlson <sandals <at> crustytoothpaste.ath.cx>
> 
> but then it was replaced with two entries with that commit to
> 
>     brian m. carlson <sandals <at> crustytoothpaste.ath.cx> \
>     	Brian M. Carlson <sandals <at> crustytoothpaste.ath.cx>
>     brian m. carlson <sandals <at> crustytoothpaste.ath.cx> \
>         <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
> 
> (they are two lines; backslashes are just for this e-mail).
> 
> Because the RHS is searched in the committer and author fields and
> replaced to the LHS when .mailmap is used, this forces your name
> to lowercase, which is against the normal convention on this list.
> 
> I *think* the motivation behind the original .mailmap entry before
> that commit was to upcase the name so it does not stand out oddly
> among other peoples' names, and I am suspecting that cdb6b5ac did
> it in an opposite way by mistake.

I write my name in lower case (and have for some years), and I strongly prefer it that way. I'm not completely clear on the format of .mailmap files, but the way it should appear is "brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>". From what I can tell, it looks like it's correct already.

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