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From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add pretty format %aN which gives the author name,
 respecting .mailmap
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:42:39 +0100 (BST)
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Hi,

On Sat, 12 Jul 2008, Sverre Rabbelier wrote:

> On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 1:28 AM, Johannes Schindelin
> <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
> >
> > The pretty format %an does not respect .mailmap, but gives the exact 
> > author name recorded in the commit.  Sometimes it is more desirable, 
> > however, to look if the email has another name mapped to it in 
> > .mailmap.
> >
> > This commit adds %aN (and %cN for the committer name) to do exactly 
> > that.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
> > ---
> 
> Whoah, that's fast ;).

Heh.  The price is that my patches are usually more buggy than other 
contributors' patches.

> I'm not sure what to do though, if I use this new %cN GitStats will
> only work with the latest git version... :(

Yes, that is correct.  But my impression was that GitStats was never meant 
as a pure add-on, but rather some integral part of Git, no?  IOW at least 
contrib/ stuff.

Ciao,
Dscho