Merge branch 'maint' into tj/imap-send-remove-unused

* maint: (18123 commits)
  documentation fix: git difftool uses diff tools, not merge tools.
  Git 1.7.7.4
  Makefile: add missing header file dependencies
  notes merge: eliminate OUTPUT macro
  mailmap: xcalloc mailmap_info
  name-rev --all: do not even attempt to describe non-commit object
  Git 1.7.7.3
  docs: Update install-doc-quick
  docs: don't mention --quiet or --exit-code in git-log(1)
  Git 1.7.7.2
  t7511: avoid use of reserved filename on Windows.
  clone: Quote user supplied path in a single quote pair
  read-cache.c: fix index memory allocation
  make the sample pre-commit hook script reject names with newlines, too
  Reindent closing bracket using tab instead of spaces
  Git 1.7.7.1
  RelNotes/1.7.7.1: setgid bit patch is about fixing "git init" via Makefile setting
  gitweb: fix regression when filtering out forks
  Almost ready for 1.7.7.1
  pack-objects: don't traverse objects unnecessarily
  ...

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+If the file `.mailmap` exists at the toplevel of the repository, or at
+the location pointed to by the mailmap.file configuration option, it
+is used to map author and committer names and email addresses to
+canonical real names and email addresses.
+
+In the simple form, each line in the file consists of the canonical
+real name of an author, whitespace, and an email address used in the
+commit (enclosed by '<' and '>') to map to the name. For example:
+--
+	Proper Name <commit@email.xx>
+--
+
+The more complex forms are:
+--
+	<proper@email.xx> <commit@email.xx>
+--
+which allows mailmap to replace only the email part of a commit, and:
+--
+	Proper Name <proper@email.xx> <commit@email.xx>
+--
+which allows mailmap to replace both the name and the email of a
+commit matching the specified commit email address, and:
+--
+	Proper Name <proper@email.xx> Commit Name <commit@email.xx>
+--
+which allows mailmap to replace both the name and the email of a
+commit matching both the specified commit name and email address.
+
+Example 1: Your history contains commits by two authors, Jane
+and Joe, whose names appear in the repository under several forms:
+
+------------
+Joe Developer <joe@example.com>
+Joe R. Developer <joe@example.com>
+Jane Doe <jane@example.com>
+Jane Doe <jane@laptop.(none)>
+Jane D. <jane@desktop.(none)>
+------------
+
+Now suppose that Joe wants his middle name initial used, and Jane
+prefers her family name fully spelled out. A proper `.mailmap` file
+would look like:
+
+------------
+Jane Doe         <jane@desktop.(none)>
+Joe R. Developer <joe@example.com>
+------------
+
+Note how there is no need for an entry for <jane@laptop.(none)>, because the
+real name of that author is already correct.
+
+Example 2: Your repository contains commits from the following
+authors:
+
+------------
+nick1 <bugs@company.xx>
+nick2 <bugs@company.xx>
+nick2 <nick2@company.xx>
+santa <me@company.xx>
+claus <me@company.xx>
+CTO <cto@coompany.xx>
+------------
+
+Then you might want a `.mailmap` file that looks like:
+------------
+<cto@company.xx>                       <cto@coompany.xx>
+Some Dude <some@dude.xx>         nick1 <bugs@company.xx>
+Other Author <other@author.xx>   nick2 <bugs@company.xx>
+Other Author <other@author.xx>         <nick2@company.xx>
+Santa Claus <santa.claus@northpole.xx> <me@company.xx>
+------------
+
+Use hash '#' for comments that are either on their own line, or after
+the email address.