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Re: [PATCH v4 1/4] Add log.mailmap as configurational option for mailmap location

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Feb 5, 2009, 20:22 UTC
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Marius Storm-Olsen <marius@trolltech.com> writes:
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> Given that in total shortlog, blame, log, diff-tree, rev-list, show
> and whatchanged use it (the latter 5 through the pretty option), I'm
> tempted to say that it justifies its own option (mailmap.file?); but
> it would still have to be handled by git_default_config(). Renaming it
> would give it stronger reason to *be there* though.
We are in total agreement then ;-)

I also agree that it would be a good idea to introduce a shared documentlet similar to pretty-format.txt that can be included in the documentation pages of commands that use this name-rewriting mechanism.

Previous: Marius Storm-Olsen
Message 8 of 8 in “Extend mailmap functionality”
  1. 0/4 Extend mailmap functionalityMarius Storm-Olsen, Feb 5, 2009
  2. 1/4 Add log.mailmap as configurational option for mailmap locationMarius Storm-Olsen, Feb 5, 2009
  3. 2/4 Add find_insert_index, insert_at_index and clear_func functions to string_listMarius Storm-Olsen, Feb 5, 2009
  4. 3/4 Add map_user() and clear_mailmap() to mailmapMarius Storm-Olsen, Feb 5, 2009
  5. 4/4 Change current mailmap usage to do matching on both name and email of author/committer.Marius Storm-Olsen, Feb 5, 2009
  6. Junio C HamanoFeb 5, 2009
  7. Marius Storm-OlsenFeb 5, 2009
  8. Junio C HamanoFeb 5, 2009

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