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Re: Policty question - encoding to use in git repository?
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David Kastrup |
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Re: Policty question - encoding to use in git repository? |
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Tue, 18 Feb 2014 07:40:04 +0100 |
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Paul Eggert <address@hidden> writes:
> While we're on the topic of normalization, is it the intent to
> normalize spelling of author and committer names in the repository?
> E.g., replace "François_Pinard" with "François Pinard" (no
> underscore)? Or replace "Richard M. Stallman" and "Richard M
> Stallman" with "Richard Stallman"? How about email addresses? Perhaps
> you've already addressed this point but if so I'm afraid I forgot what
> you wrote.
Normalization of names and mail addresses is done by putting all
respective mail addresses with proper names into a .mailmap file in the
top directory of the repository. Git will consult this file for his
various operations requiring unification of names, like git shortlog.
--
David Kastrup
- Re: Policty question - encoding to use in git repository?, (continued)
Re: Policty question - encoding to use in git repository?, Ivan Kanis, 2014/02/17
Re: Policty question - encoding to use in git repository?,
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