Re: [PATCH] mailmap: change primary address for Derrick Stolee

["Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Feb 14 2022, Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget wrote:

> From: Derrick Stolee <derrickstolee@github.com>
>
> Stolee transitioned from Microsoft to GitHub in July 2020, but continued
> to use <dstolee@microsoft.com> because it was a valid address. He also
> used <stolee@gmail.com> to communicate with the mailing list since
> writing plaintext emails is difficult in Outlook. However, recent issues
> with GMail delaying mailing list messages created a need to change his
> primary email address.

Yeah that sucks. You might be interested in the tips I had for working
around it in
https://lore.kernel.org/git/220202.86leyt8uly.gmgdl@evledraar.gmail.com/;
and others have suggested subscribing an alias address for the GMail
address.

> diff --git a/.mailmap b/.mailmap
> index 9c6a446bdfb..07db36a9bb9 100644
> --- a/.mailmap
> +++ b/.mailmap
> @@ -59,8 +59,9 @@ David Reiss <dreiss@facebook.com> <dreiss@dreiss-vmware.(none)>
>  David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
>  David Turner <novalis@novalis.org> <dturner@twopensource.com>
>  David Turner <novalis@novalis.org> <dturner@twosigma.com>
> -Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com> <stolee@gmail.com>
> -Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com> Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
> +Derrick Stolee <derrickstolee@github.com> <stolee@gmail.com>
> +Derrick Stolee <derrickstolee@github.com> Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
> +Derrick Stolee <derrickstolee@github.com> <dstolee@microsoft.com>

FWIW I think only the addition of that last line is needed since the
.mailmap syntax supports mapping A->B, followed by B->C.