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From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: [GitStats] Bling bling or some statistics on the git.git
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Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:11:30 +0100 (BST)
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Hi,

On Fri, 11 Jul 2008, Sverre Rabbelier wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 11:39 PM, Johannes Schindelin
> <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
> > something else I just realized: you might want to use .mailmap, e.g. 
> > to coalesce the changes of Shawn "O." Pearce correctly.
> 
> Ah, hmmm, but I'm not sure how, as not nearly every developer is in
> the .mailmap file and many devs use different e-mails while most use
> the same name. A similar file containing developer aliases maybe?
> E.g.:
> "Shawn Pearce = Shawn O. Pearce"?

The mechanism is this: you look up the email in .mailmap (actually you 
parse that once, but the idea stays the same), and if there is a name for 
it, you use that _instead of_ the given author name.

Otherwise you use the given author name, and typos be damned.

Ciao,
Dscho