Re: [PATCH] Create .mailmap to fix unreachable email address

["Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>]

On Wed, Aug 07, 2019 at 12:45:34AM +0900, Akira Yokosawa wrote:
> >From 327971006462cbab7b5007717d7536b0e3947eb4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2019 00:15:12 +0900
> Subject: [PATCH] Create .mailmap to fix unreachable email address
> 
> There are some commits with typo in my gmail address.
> Although they can not be fixed after the fact, "git shortlog -se"
> and "git show --use-mailmap" respect entries in .mailmap.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@gmail.com>

Good point, queued and pushed, thank you!

While in the area, I added commit to allow for my recent email address
change and some early git misconfiguration.  ;-)

							Thanx, Paul

> ---
> Hi Paul,
> 
> Inspired by discussion in another thread, I looked up the usage of
> .mailmap in Git repository. It can be used to partially rescue typos
> in email configs such as those made in the early days of my contributions.
> 
> This will prevent the unreachable address from being displayed by
> "git shortlog -se" and the like.
> 
>         Thanks, Akira
> -- 
>  .mailmap | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>  create mode 100644 .mailmap
> 
> diff --git a/.mailmap b/.mailmap
> new file mode 100644
> index 00000000..c5d1cd3e
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/.mailmap
> @@ -0,0 +1 @@
> +<akiyks@gmail.com> <akiysw@gmail.com>
> -- 
> 2.17.1
>