Hello, On Thu, Aug 8, 2019 at 10:07 PM Phil Hord <phil.hord@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > The issue of deadnaming aside, turning on log.mailmap by default is > the sensible thing to do given that other Git features already honor > it that way. Having it ignored-by-default (but only sometimes) just > adds confusion when a mailmap is available. This is my point exactly! My motive for improving this behaviour is entirely irrelevant, honestly. I regret ever bringing it up elsewhere in the discussions, as it's completely irrelevant. > > > > - The '.mailmap' provides a list of transgender individuals, along > > > > with their deadname, which can be used to harass them. > > > > > > This is potentially a problem but it's not as bad as you depict. A > > > mailmap rule can match against e-mail only, which is precisely what I > > > have done in my projects. > > > > Ah, I may be severely mistaken -- my memory was that '.mailmap' > > rewriting could be used to rewrite both name and email, not merely > > email. I thought that records could take: > > > > A U Thor <author@xxxxxxxxxx> -> B C Xyzz <newname@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > instead of canonicalizing by email alone. If this is the case, then I > > completely agree and share the opinion that this is not as bad as I > > originally depicted. > > The long form you give there is to be used in case the old email > address is not a unique key. See 'git help shortlog'. > > The problem we have at work is that one woman's old email address > includes her deadname, like <firstname.lastname@xxxxxxxxxxx>. I will > leave it up to her whether she chooses to be listed explicitly in the > mailmap. I have wondered if we should permit hashed email addresses > to be used for this specific case, but this also has its drawbacks. I'd be open to looking into adding support for hashing the e-mail for cases like this if people are interested. The firstname.lastname@xxxxxxxxxxx case is certainly a tough one to crack otherwise, but I think that a solution that works for most cases still is useful. In the meantime, I think it makes sense to let people decide whether they wish to use mailmap for this purpose, based on their own understanding of the risks involved. Ariadne
