Alex Riesen, Thu, Aug 21, 2008 19:41:18 +0200: > Michael J Gruber, Thu, Aug 21, 2008 11:19:41 +0200: > > This allows the use of author abbreviations when specifying commit > > authors via the --author option to git commit. "--author=$key" is > > resolved by looking up "user.$key.name" and "user.$key.email" in the > > config. > > Isn't there existing well-known formats for mail aliases? > For instance, Mutt uses simple text file: > > alias nickname1 Author Name <mail@address> > alias nickname2 "Author Name 2" <mail2@address> > > I don't know how well-known this is, but is surely more known than > git's config (and there are aliases in that format already). > Maybe just reference such files in git's config? > Oh, and you may consider using .mailmap files (look into the Git's one for example): the user part of mail address is very often a good alias (and sometimes famous nickname) of a person: junio, tytso, davem, alan, viro, hpa... You'll have to define some rules for duplications, of course (first wins seems to be popular). -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
