Re: Patchwork instance "Submitter" attribution and GitGitGadget

> Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
>
> > On Sat, 18 Jan 2020, Philippe Blain wrote:
> >
> >> I’ve noticed that all (I think) patch series sent to the list using
> >> Gitgitgadget are attributed to Dscho (Submitter is "Johannes Schindelin
> >> via GitGitGadget") on the patchwork instance [1]. I don’t know if you
> >> are aware of that or if there’s a way to fix it in patchwork…
> >
> > Right now, it shows "Lucius Hu via GitGitGadget". Clearly, patchwork uses
> > only the email address as identifier, being unprepared to accept that the
> > same email address might be used by multiple contributors.
>
> Would it help to use the "Sender:" header?  IIUC right now GGG
> records its name on "From:" with its e-mail and a human-readable
> name derived from the author of the ptach, but if it can record the
> true author on "From:" and leave GGG's name on the "Sender:", would
> patchwork use the "From:" side of the identity instead?

> If that works, it would have an additional benefit of not having to
> add the in-body "From:" to override the mail-header "From:", to avoid
> attributing the authorship to GGG.
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