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Re: [PATCH] config: respect '~' and '~user' in mailmap.file

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Øystein Walle <oystwa@gmail.com>
Date
May 27, 2014, 23:28 UTC
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Jeff King <peff <at> peff.net> writes:
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> 
> Makes sense. Curious if there was a reason we did not use it in the
> first place, I looked at the history. The reason is that mailmap.file
> was added in d551a48 (2009-02-08) and git_config_pathname came months
> later in 395de25 (2009-11-17). Retro-fitting it now should not cause a
> problem for any sane paths. So:
> 
> Reviewed-by: Jeff King <peff <at> peff.net>
> 
> -Peff
>
 
Thanks for the review.

I saw it was added back in 2009 but didn't give it much thought other than "Oh, that bug has been there for a long time!" :) (Not that this is a serious bug as such, more than a slight inconsistency in how the path is handled compared to other config values expected to be paths)

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  1. config: respect '~' and '~user' in mailmap.fileØystein Walle, May 27, 2014
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