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

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Feb 10, 2021, 16:05 UTC
Message-ID: <YCQEXXB5QUpVTx8/@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <CAPig+cSdTCYV=2OMEZTqahrfBypaHeD40ToMFJ1zbRNpkiPbYw@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, Feb 09, 2021 at 02:00:37PM -0500, Eric Sunshine wrote:

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

Thanks. We seem to use "stdin" in other manpages, but I agree it makes sense to be consistent here.

-Peff