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authorLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2009-02-15 01:44:15 -0800
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2009-02-15 01:44:15 -0800
commit160d2bc35382fb23beb99457e9111d15554bf223 (patch)
treeec3722d8676e73f69c0ab172cf44a06c7aac5fc6 /Documentation
parentMerge branch 'jn/gitweb-committag' (diff)
parentMove mailmap documentation into separate file (diff)
downloadtgif-160d2bc35382fb23beb99457e9111d15554bf223.tar.xz
Merge branch 'ms/mailmap'
* ms/mailmap: Move mailmap documentation into separate file Change current mailmap usage to do matching on both name and email of author/committer. Add map_user() and clear_mailmap() to mailmap Add find_insert_index, insert_at_index and clear_func functions to string_list Add mailmap.file as configurational option for mailmap location
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-blame.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-shortlog.txt49
-rw-r--r--Documentation/mailmap.txt75
-rw-r--r--Documentation/pretty-formats.txt6
5 files changed, 103 insertions, 41 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 1806a60610..f5152c5038 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -1019,6 +1019,14 @@ log.showroot::
Tools like linkgit:git-log[1] or linkgit:git-whatchanged[1], which
normally hide the root commit will now show it. True by default.
+mailmap.file::
+ The location of an augmenting mailmap file. The default
+ mailmap, located in the root of the repository, is loaded
+ first, then the mailmap file pointed to by this variable.
+ The location of the mailmap file may be in a repository
+ subdirectory, or somewhere outside of the repository itself.
+ See linkgit:git-shortlog[1] and linkgit:git-blame[1].
+
man.viewer::
Specify the programs that may be used to display help in the
'man' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
diff --git a/Documentation/git-blame.txt b/Documentation/git-blame.txt
index fba374d652..6999cf2a65 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-blame.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-blame.txt
@@ -184,6 +184,12 @@ there is ever added information (like the commit encoding or extended
commit commentary), a blame viewer won't ever care.
+MAPPING AUTHORS
+---------------
+
+include::mailmap.txt[]
+
+
SEE ALSO
--------
linkgit:git-annotate[1]
diff --git a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt
index 498bd28929..42463a955d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt
@@ -45,45 +45,16 @@ OPTIONS
and subsequent lines are indented by `indent2` spaces. `width`,
`indent1`, and `indent2` default to 76, 6 and 9 respectively.
-FILES
------
-
-If a file `.mailmap` exists at the toplevel of the repository,
-it is used to map an author email address to a canonical real name. This
-can be used to coalesce together commits by the same person where their
-name was spelled differently (whether with the same email address or
-not).
-
-Each line in the file consists, in this order, of the canonical real name
-of an author, whitespace, and an email address (enclosed by '<' and '>')
-to map to the name. Use hash '#' for comments, either on their own line,
-or after the email address.
-
-A canonical name may appear in more than one line, associated with
-different email addresses, but it doesn't make sense for a given address
-to appear more than once (if that happens, a later line overrides the
-earlier ones).
-
-So, for example, if 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)>
-------------
-
-Then, supposing Joe wants his middle name initial used, and Jane prefers
-her family name fully spelled out, a proper `.mailmap` file would look like:
-
-------------
-# Note how we don't need an entry for <jane@laptop.(none)>, because the
-# real name of that author is correct already, and coalesced directly.
-Jane Doe <jane@desktop.(none)>
-Joe R. Developer <joe@example.com>
-------------
+
+MAPPING AUTHORS
+---------------
+
+The `.mailmap` feature is used to coalesce together commits by the same
+person in the shortlog, where their name and/or email address was
+spelled differently.
+
+include::mailmap.txt[]
+
Author
------
diff --git a/Documentation/mailmap.txt b/Documentation/mailmap.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e25b154838
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/mailmap.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+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. Thus, looks like
+this
+--
+ 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 we don't need an entry for <jane@laptop.(none)>, because the
+real name of that author is correct already.
+
+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 looking 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. \ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt
index 3d87d3edd5..159390c35a 100644
--- a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt
+++ b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt
@@ -101,16 +101,18 @@ The placeholders are:
- '%P': parent hashes
- '%p': abbreviated parent hashes
- '%an': author name
-- '%aN': author name (respecting .mailmap)
+- '%aN': author name (respecting .mailmap, see linkgit:git-shortlog[1] or linkgit:git-blame[1])
- '%ae': author email
+- '%aE': author email (respecting .mailmap, see linkgit:git-shortlog[1] or linkgit:git-blame[1])
- '%ad': author date (format respects --date= option)
- '%aD': author date, RFC2822 style
- '%ar': author date, relative
- '%at': author date, UNIX timestamp
- '%ai': author date, ISO 8601 format
- '%cn': committer name
-- '%cN': committer name (respecting .mailmap)
+- '%cN': committer name (respecting .mailmap, see linkgit:git-shortlog[1] or linkgit:git-blame[1])
- '%ce': committer email
+- '%cE': committer email (respecting .mailmap, see linkgit:git-shortlog[1] or linkgit:git-blame[1])
- '%cd': committer date
- '%cD': committer date, RFC2822 style
- '%cr': committer date, relative