Hi,
We should consider adding a .mailmap to gentoo.git.
There's a few reasons:
* We should accurately map pre-developer-status contributions.
For example, it'd be nice if
s...@cmpct.info was mapped correctly
into
s...@gentoo.org when doing git blame.
We know
s...@cmpct.info and
s...@gentoo.org are the same person, it
feels coherent to tell git that via the mechanism intended for it.
* It's useful for when people retire as well. Not that I plan on going
anywhere any time soon (sorry!), but this is both a useful way for
people to better "retain credit" *and* for e.g. 'git blame' to work
better if they then come back as a contributor but not a developer, which
happens on occasion, or if they occasionally contribute with a
different email address (we have this for some devs who contribute
under a "work context" too).
* It allows people to have git respecting changing their name for
various reasons (e.g. we've had contributors start using their real name
and vice-versa over the years).
I was considering this anyway but xgqt pinged me about it after
I mentioned it on a recent bug (
https://bugs.gentoo.org/836936#c12) as well
which made me think there's perhaps some merit in it.
thanks,
sam