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authorLibravatar Jeff King <peff@peff.net>2012-12-12 06:04:04 -0500
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2012-12-12 11:12:35 -0800
commit086109006f695166daf2934417a20681b0c94ab8 (patch)
treed249ca71b8fa4caf806790de5853bf2dd3df2138 /Documentation
parentmailmap: refactor mailmap parsing for non-file sources (diff)
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mailmap: support reading mailmap from blobs
In a bare repository, there isn't a simple way to respect an in-tree mailmap without extracting it to a temporary file. This patch provides a config variable, similar to mailmap.file, which reads the mailmap from a blob in the repository. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -1517,6 +1517,12 @@ mailmap.file::
subdirectory, or somewhere outside of the repository itself.
See linkgit:git-shortlog[1] and linkgit:git-blame[1].
+mailmap.blob::
+ Like `mailmap.file`, but consider the value as a reference to a
+ blob in the repository (e.g., `HEAD:.mailmap`). If both
+ `mailmap.file` and `mailmap.blob` are given, both are parsed,
+ with entries from `mailmap.file` taking precedence.
+
man.viewer::
Specify the programs that may be used to display help in the
'man' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].