FYI,
>From 7b6ce030cc54b34c7fc8a87a0c89137fb5c78a50 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim Meyering <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 12:46:27 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] maint: detect a new type of duplicate in THANKS.in
* cfg.mk (sc_THANKS_in_duplicates): New rule.
---
cfg.mk | 13 +++++++++++++
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index 7a86c2a..040d7e1 100644
--- a/cfg.mk
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -413,6 +413,19 @@ sc_preprocessor_indentation:
echo '$(ME): skipping test $@: cppi not installed' 1>&2; \
fi
+# THANKS.in is a list of name/email pairs for people who are mentioned in
+# commit logs (and generated ChangeLog), but who are not also listed as an
+# author of a commit. Name/email pairs of commit authors are automatically
+# extracted from the repository. As a very minor factorization, when
+# someone who was initially listed only in THANKS.in later authors a commit,
+# this rule detects that their pair may now be removed from THANKS.in.
+sc_THANKS_in_duplicates:
+ { git log --pretty=format:%aN | sort -u; \
+ cut -b-36 THANKS.in | sed '/^$$/d;s/ *$$//'; } \
+ | sort | uniq -d | grep . \
+ && { echo '$(ME): remove the above names from THANKS.in' \
+ 1>&2; exit 1; } || :
+
# Override the default Cc: used in generating an announcement.
announcement_Cc_ = $(translation_project_), \
[email protected], [email protected]
--
1.7.11.rc1
