Re: [PATCH net-next] mailmap: add entries for Alex Elder

[Alex Elder <alex.elder@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 4/21/24 11:16 AM, Bjorn Andersson wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 21, 2024 at 10:17:32AM -0500, Alex Elder wrote:
> > Define my kernel.org address to be the canonical one, and add mailmap
> > entries for the various addresses (including typos) that have been
> > used over the years.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Alex Elder <elder@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >   .mailmap | 12 ++++++++++++
> >   1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/.mailmap b/.mailmap
> > index 8284692f96107..a78cd3d300eb1 100644
> > --- a/.mailmap
> > +++ b/.mailmap
> > @@ -38,6 +38,18 @@ Alexei Starovoitov <ast@xxxxxxxxxx> <alexei.starovoitov@xxxxxxxxx>
> >   Alexei Starovoitov <ast@xxxxxxxxxx> <ast@xxxxxx>
> >   Alexei Starovoitov <ast@xxxxxxxxxx> <ast@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >   Alexey Makhalov <alexey.amakhalov@xxxxxxxxxxxx> <amakhalov@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > +Alex Elder <elder@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > +Alex Elder <elder@xxxxxxxxxx> <aelder@xxxxxxx>
> > +Alex Elder <elder@xxxxxxxxxx> <alex.elder@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > +Alex Elder <elder@xxxxxxxxxx> <alex.elder@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > +Alex Elder <elder@xxxxxxxxxx> <elder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > +Alex Elder <elder@xxxxxxxxxx> <elder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > +Alex Elder <elder@xxxxxxxxxx> <elder@xxxxxxxx>
> > +Alex Elder <elder@xxxxxxxxxx> <elder@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > +Alex Elder <elder@xxxxxxxxxx> <elder@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > +Alex Elder <elder@xxxxxxxxxx> <elder@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > +Alex Elder <elder@xxxxxxxxxx> <elder@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > +Alex Elder <elder@xxxxxxxxxx> Alex Elder (Linaro) <elder@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Isn't this form (with the name in the middle) when you want to be able
> to map one email with two different names, to two different addresses?
>
> As described in last example in the "gitmailmap" man page?
>
> I think thereby this would be a duplicate with the entry two lines
> above?

I interpreted this form as meaning "change both the
name and the e-mail" but I tried deleting that last
one and it still mapped properly.  I also just noticed
that I mapped @kernel.org to @kernel.org, which is
dumb.

I'll send v2.  Thank you.

					-Alex

> Regards,
> Bjorn
>
> >   Alex Hung <alexhung@xxxxxxxxx> <alex.hung@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >   Alex Shi <alexs@xxxxxxxxxx> <alex.shi@xxxxxxxxx>
> >   Alex Shi <alexs@xxxxxxxxxx> <alex.shi@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > --
> > 2.40.1