Re: [PATCH] mailmap: only look for .mailmap in work tree

From: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Date: Feb 9, 2021, 19:00 UTC
Message-ID: <CAPig+cSdTCYV=2OMEZTqahrfBypaHeD40ToMFJ1zbRNpkiPbYw@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <YCLGgpfkJzg5nP7v@coredump.intra.peff.net>

On Tue, Feb 9, 2021 at 12:31 PM Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:

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> Subject: [PATCH] mailmap: only look for .mailmap in work tree
> [...]
> Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
> ---
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt
> @@ -113,6 +113,10 @@ MAPPING AUTHORS
> +Note that if `git shortlog` is run outside of a repository (to process
> +log contents on stdin), it will look for a `.mailmap` file in the
> +current directory.

Elsewhere in this same document, techy-jargon "stdin" is spelled out fully as "standard input".