From: Sverre Rabbelier <alturin@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:11:13 GMT
Subject: Re: New mailmap file for the kernel
Message-ID: <bd6139dc0807280411k3a283c5dr4b874342aab167dc@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0807281251000.2725@eeepc-johanness>

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