Re: [gentoo-dev] Introducing .mailmap?
On Tue, Feb 13, 2024, at 02:39 CST, Sam James wrote: > Hi, > > We should consider adding a .mailmap to gentoo.git. > > There's a few reasons: > [...] +1 You can add * allows to fix up accidental commits with wrong e-mails as well. *cough* Best, Matthias
Re: [gentoo-dev] Introducing .mailmap?
Sam James writes: > > We should consider adding a .mailmap to gentoo.git. > > There's a few reasons: > * We should accurately map pre-developer-status contributions. > For example, it'd be nice if s...@cmpct.info was mapped correctly > into s...@gentoo.org when doing git blame. > > We know s...@cmpct.info and s...@gentoo.org are the same person, it > feels coherent to tell git that via the mechanism intended for it. > > * It's useful for when people retire as well. Not that I plan on going > anywhere any time soon (sorry!), but this is both a useful way for > people to better "retain credit" *and* for e.g. 'git blame' to work > better if they then come back as a contributor but not a developer, which > happens on occasion, or if they occasionally contribute with a > different email address (we have this for some devs who contribute > under a "work context" too). > > * It allows people to have git respecting changing their name for > various reasons (e.g. we've had contributors start using their real name > and vice-versa over the years). > > I was considering this anyway but xgqt pinged me about it after > I mentioned it on a recent bug (https://bugs.gentoo.org/836936#c12) as well > which made me think there's perhaps some merit in it. > > thanks, > sam +1. I'd like my old contributions mapped too ;) -- Arsen Arsenović signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-dev] Introducing .mailmap?
Hi, On Tue, Feb 13, 2024 at 08:39:17AM +, Sam James wrote: > Hi, > > We should consider adding a .mailmap to gentoo.git. yes, I support its addition. All 3 points make sense to me. Petr > There's a few reasons: > * We should accurately map pre-developer-status contributions. > For example, it'd be nice if s...@cmpct.info was mapped correctly > into s...@gentoo.org when doing git blame. > > We know s...@cmpct.info and s...@gentoo.org are the same person, it > feels coherent to tell git that via the mechanism intended for it. > > * It's useful for when people retire as well. Not that I plan on going > anywhere any time soon (sorry!), but this is both a useful way for > people to better "retain credit" *and* for e.g. 'git blame' to work > better if they then come back as a contributor but not a developer, which > happens on occasion, or if they occasionally contribute with a > different email address (we have this for some devs who contribute > under a "work context" too). > > * It allows people to have git respecting changing their name for > various reasons (e.g. we've had contributors start using their real name > and vice-versa over the years). > > I was considering this anyway but xgqt pinged me about it after > I mentioned it on a recent bug (https://bugs.gentoo.org/836936#c12) as well > which made me think there's perhaps some merit in it. > > thanks, > sam signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-dev] Introducing .mailmap?
Thanks for this Sam. I would like to see this added to the main Gentoo repo but also urge maintainers of other active Gentoo repos to add it to theirs, portage(!), kde & lisp overlay, soko, etc. For a quick reference here is the Exherbo's .mailmap file: https://gitlab.exherbo.org/exherbo/arbor/-/blob/master/.mailmap?ref_type=heads W dniu 13.02.2024 o 09:39, Sam James pisze: Hi, We should consider adding a .mailmap to gentoo.git. There's a few reasons: * We should accurately map pre-developer-status contributions. For example, it'd be nice if s...@cmpct.info was mapped correctly into s...@gentoo.org when doing git blame. We know s...@cmpct.info and s...@gentoo.org are the same person, it feels coherent to tell git that via the mechanism intended for it. * It's useful for when people retire as well. Not that I plan on going anywhere any time soon (sorry!), but this is both a useful way for people to better "retain credit" *and* for e.g. 'git blame' to work better if they then come back as a contributor but not a developer, which happens on occasion, or if they occasionally contribute with a different email address (we have this for some devs who contribute under a "work context" too). * It allows people to have git respecting changing their name for various reasons (e.g. we've had contributors start using their real name and vice-versa over the years). I was considering this anyway but xgqt pinged me about it after I mentioned it on a recent bug (https://bugs.gentoo.org/836936#c12) as well which made me think there's perhaps some merit in it. thanks, sam -- Have a great day! ~ Maciej XGQT Barć x...@gentoo.org Gentoo Linux developer (dotnet, emacs, math, ml, nim, scheme, sci) https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/User:Xgqt 9B0A 4C5D 02A3 B43C 9D6F D6B1 14D7 4A1F 43A6 AC3C OpenPGP_0x14D74A1F43A6AC3C.asc Description: OpenPGP public key OpenPGP_signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
[gentoo-dev] Introducing .mailmap?
Hi, We should consider adding a .mailmap to gentoo.git. There's a few reasons: * We should accurately map pre-developer-status contributions. For example, it'd be nice if s...@cmpct.info was mapped correctly into s...@gentoo.org when doing git blame. We know s...@cmpct.info and s...@gentoo.org are the same person, it feels coherent to tell git that via the mechanism intended for it. * It's useful for when people retire as well. Not that I plan on going anywhere any time soon (sorry!), but this is both a useful way for people to better "retain credit" *and* for e.g. 'git blame' to work better if they then come back as a contributor but not a developer, which happens on occasion, or if they occasionally contribute with a different email address (we have this for some devs who contribute under a "work context" too). * It allows people to have git respecting changing their name for various reasons (e.g. we've had contributors start using their real name and vice-versa over the years). I was considering this anyway but xgqt pinged me about it after I mentioned it on a recent bug (https://bugs.gentoo.org/836936#c12) as well which made me think there's perhaps some merit in it. thanks, sam signature.asc Description: PGP signature
