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Re: [PATCH] Add pretty format %aN which gives the author name, respecting .mailmap

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SRSverre Rabbelier <alturin@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 11, 2008, 23:30 UTC
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On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 1:28 AM, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:

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> The pretty format %an does not respect .mailmap, but gives the exact
> author name recorded in the commit.  Sometimes it is more desirable,
> however, to look if the email has another name mapped to it in .mailmap.
>
> This commit adds %aN (and %cN for the committer name) to do exactly that.
>
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
> ---

Whoah, that's fast ;). I'm not sure what to do though, if I use this new %cN GitStats will only work with the latest git version... :(

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Sverre Rabbelier
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