On Tue, Apr 25, 2023 at 02:00:27AM +0200, Blyxyas wrote: > This isn't a big deal on its own, but there are some external tools > (like thanks.rust-lang.org) that use the output of `git shortlog` to > thank contributors, and it has some cases of people going just by > their first name (no surnames), or people appearing multiple times, > once with their username and one with their real name. I agree with everything brian said elsewhere, but I wanted to add one thing: for this "multiple times" problem, it can be solved with a mailmap file, which associates names such that ones you don't like can be rewritten to ones that you do. See "git help mailmap" for details and examples. -Peff
