On 12/3/19 7:51 PM, Laszlo Ersek wrote:
> Hi Phil,
>
> (heavily trimmer CC list)
Good idea :)
> On 11/26/19 16:08, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé via Groups.Io wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> The .mailmap git feature helps fixing commit mistakes (in name/email).
>>
>> The easiest way to use it is with the --use-mailmap flag:
>>
>> $ git log --use-mailmap
>>
>> See:
>> https://git-scm.com/docs/git-shortlog#_mapping_authors
>> https://git-scm.com/docs/git-check-mailmap#_mapping_authors
>>
>> Also interesting:
>> https://github.com/sympy/sympy/wiki/Using-.mailmap#making-mailmap-entries
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Phil.
>>
>> Philippe Mathieu-Daudé (8):
>> .mailmap: Convert emails generated by the Subversion original import
>> .mailmap: Fix emails from the Subversion era
>> .mailmap: Fix Intel emails rewritten by Microsoft Exchange Server
>> .mailmap: Fix emails rewritten by lists DMARC / DKIM / SPF
>> .mailmap: Fix incorrect email formats
>> .mailmap: Unify Intel email addresses format
>> .mailmap: Fix UTF-8 mojibaked names
>> .mailmap: Miscellaneous fixes on various emails
>>
>> .mailmap | 221 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> 1 file changed, 221 insertions(+)
>> create mode 100644 .mailmap
>>
>
> our suggestion from the stewards' confcall is to avoid cross-domain
> mappings, unless a contributor explicitly confirms (in an email sent
> from the mapped-to, i.e. "new" address) that they are OK with the
> mapped-from (i.e. "old") address being "hidden" by the mapping.
>
> Due to two reasons:
> - mappings across domains could hide employer changes,
Hmm OK.
> - even the "mapped-to" (i.e. "new") address may not be up-to-date.
Agreed.
> Stewards may be able ACK typo fixes and simple name order changes even
> in the absence of the affected (historical) contributor, but
> cross-domain mappings are not something they can ACK on their own.
Understood.
> (At least this is my understanding from the meeting.)
>
> Personal note in the end: can we perhaps structure this patch set per
> email adress / "liveliness groups"? I think most people will ignore a
> patch that has tens of CC's, even if their personal ACK is needed for
> it. On the other hand, if we have 60-100 patches, but each patch is just
> emailed to 2-3 people (and any given person only gets a very low number
> of personal patch emails), such a series has a better chance at
> succeeding. (We could even commit such a set piece-meal -- commit the
> most recently ACKed subset every week or every two weeks.) Just some
> speculation on my part.
Yes, I'll try to find a clever way.
(I had the v2 ready, but I was waiting to figure out how to restrict to
100 recipients).
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