Michael J Gruber <michaeljgruber+gmane@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > 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. Maybe it is just me, but I am hesitant about the contamination of user.* configuration namespace. This patch as a general solution does not scale well, once you start working with more than a few dozen people. Why was it insufficient to use an external shortname-to-fullname mapping file like git-svn and git-cvsimport does, again? -- 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
