On Fri, Aug 16, 2024 at 7:42 PM Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 8/16/2024 4:22 PM, Eric Sunshine wrote: > > What is not explained by the commit message is why we need this new > > option as opposed to merely making git-check-mailmap accept such > > addresses by default. Are there difficulties or downsides to making > > this the default behavior? Do other things break if this new behavior > > becomes the default as opposed to being an explicit opt-in? > > Mostly I did it this way out of conservative caution to avoid breaking > existing users. It could be that nothing breaks and loosening the > restriction on what we pass it would be sufficient. I figured that was probably the reason for making this an opt-in. I think my somewhat negative reaction to this new option -- and the reason I asked the above question -- is that it feels very special-case, thus it lacks generality (or at least the way the commit message sells it, it makes it difficult to see it as anything other than a bandaid added just to support mailmap in git-send-email).
