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Re: New mailmap file for the kernel

From
SRSverre Rabbelier <alturin@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 28, 2008, 11:11 UTC
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On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 12:53, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:

> Unless somebody forgets, right?

Unless there is a pre-commit hook that prevents you from committing when you are not in the mailmap. That should give enough incentive to first make a commit that puts you in the mailmap before you start sending in patches.

> Also note that in a distributed world, you cannot properly speak of a "new
> developer".
Yet we do it all the time on git.git ;).
-- 
Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier
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