From: Junio C Hamano Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2023 15:46:07 GMT Subject: Re: Inconsistent names in `git shortlog` Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20230425065242.GE4061254@coredump.intra.peff.net> Jeff King writes: > On Tue, Apr 25, 2023 at 02:00:27AM +0200, Blyxyas wrote: > >> This isn't a big deal on its own, but there are some external tools >> (like thanks.rust-lang.org) that use the output of `git shortlog` to >> thank contributors, and it has some cases of people going just by >> their first name (no surnames), or people appearing multiple times, >> once with their username and one with their real name. > > I agree with everything brian said elsewhere, but I wanted to add one > thing: for this "multiple times" problem, it can be solved with a > mailmap file, which associates names such that ones you don't like can > be rewritten to ones that you do. See "git help mailmap" for details and > examples. And another, potentially more effective, tool is to have a project convention. Teach the participant of your project to be consistent in the first place.