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Change the mailmap documentation added in 0925ce4d49 (Add map_user()
and clear_mailmap() to mailmap, 2009-02-08) to continue discussing the
Jane/Joe example. I think this makes things a lot less confusing as
we're building up more complex examples using one set of data which
covers all the things we'd like to discuss.
Also add tests to assert that what our documentation says is what's
actually happening. This is mostly (or entirely) covered by existing
tests which I'm not deleting, but having these tests for the synopsis
makes it easier to follow-along while reading the tests & docs.
Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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gitmailmap(5)
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=============
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NAME
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gitmailmap - Map author/committer names and/or E-Mail addresses
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SYNOPSIS
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--------
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$GIT_WORK_DIR/.mailmap
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DESCRIPTION
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-----------
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If the file `.mailmap` exists at the toplevel of the repository, or at
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the location pointed to by the `mailmap.file` or `mailmap.blob`
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configuration options (see linkgit:git-config[1]), it
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is used to map author and committer names and email addresses to
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canonical real names and email addresses.
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SYNTAX
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------
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The '#' character begins a comment to the end of line, blank lines
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are ignored.
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In the simple form, each line in the file consists of the canonical
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real name of an author, whitespace, and an email address used in the
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commit (enclosed by '<' and '>') to map to the name. For example:
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Proper Name <commit@email.xx>
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--
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The more complex forms are:
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--
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<proper@email.xx> <commit@email.xx>
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--
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which allows mailmap to replace only the email part of a commit, and:
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--
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Proper Name <proper@email.xx> <commit@email.xx>
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--
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which allows mailmap to replace both the name and the email of a
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commit matching the specified commit email address, and:
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--
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Proper Name <proper@email.xx> Commit Name <commit@email.xx>
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--
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which allows mailmap to replace both the name and the email of a
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commit matching both the specified commit name and email address.
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EXAMPLES
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--------
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Your history contains commits by two authors, Jane
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and Joe, whose names appear in the repository under several forms:
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Joe Developer <joe@example.com>
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Joe R. Developer <joe@example.com>
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Jane Doe <jane@example.com>
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Jane Doe <jane@laptop.(none)>
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Jane D. <jane@desktop.(none)>
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------------
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Now suppose that Joe wants his middle name initial used, and Jane
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prefers her family name fully spelled out. A `.mailmap` file to
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correct the names would look like:
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Joe R. Developer <joe@example.com>
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Jane Doe <jane@example.com>
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Jane Doe <jane@desktop.(none)>
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------------
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Note that there's no need to map the name for 'jane@laptop.(none)' to
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only correct the names. However, leaving the obviously broken
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`<jane@laptop.(none)>' and '<jane@desktop.(none)>' E-Mails as-is is
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usually not what you want. A `.mailmap` file which also corrects those
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is:
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Joe R. Developer <joe@example.com>
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Jane Doe <jane@example.com> <jane@laptop.(none)>
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Jane Doe <jane@example.com> <jane@desktop.(none)>
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------------
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Finally, let's say that Joe and Jane shared an E-Mail address, but not
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a name, e.g. by having these two commits in the history generated by a
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bug reporting system. I.e. names appearing in history as:
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Joe <bugs@example.com>
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Jane <bugs@example.com>
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A full `.mailmap` file which also handles those cases (an addition of
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two lines to the above example) would be:
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Joe R. Developer <joe@example.com>
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Jane Doe <jane@example.com> <jane@laptop.(none)>
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Jane Doe <jane@example.com> <jane@desktop.(none)>
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Joe R. Developer <joe@example.com> Joe <bugs@example.com>
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Jane Doe <jane@example.com> Jane <bugs@example.com>
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------------
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SEE ALSO
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--------
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linkgit:git-check-mailmap[1]
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GIT
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Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
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