From: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2022 00:26:23 GMT
Subject: Re: [BUG] git format-patch incorrectly follows the mailmap when used with --cover-letter
Message-ID: <Y2MKr2Yga/o1sjun@nand.local>
In-Reply-To: <527f8050-7955-50b1-304c-617703cf99e6@amyspark.me>

On Wed, Nov 02, 2022 at 09:21:12PM -0300, L. E. Segovia wrote:
> Hey,
>
> The shortlog in the cover letter follows the active mailmap (incorrectly).

You say "incorrectly", but this is subjective, no?

I imagine that most (?) users of format-patch do want to respect the
mailmap when generating a shortlog. In fact, the 'git shortlog' builtin
doesn't even have a `--[no-]mailmap` option, either.

> The letter itself (From: header), as well as the patches, are attributed
> correctly.

OK.

Thanks,
Taylor