Re: [PATCH] mailmap: update brandon williams's email address

From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date: Dec 7, 2018, 22:22 UTC
Message-ID: <20181207222225.GC73340@google.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAGZ79kYrgpZDqAhg8c11V_qJTCzzw4-qrVN2z_Y_OAeCbWU6dQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

Stefan Beller wrote:

> What would be more of interest is why we'd be interested in this patch
> as there is no commit/patch sent by Brandon with this email in gits history.

I think there's an implicit assumption in this question that isn't spelled out. Do I understand correctly that you're saying the main purpose of .mailmap is to figure out whether two commits are by the same author?

My own uses of .mailmap primarily have a different purpose: to find out the preferred contact address for the author of a given commit.

Thanks, Jonathan