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diff --git a/Documentation/mailmap.txt b/Documentation/mailmap.txt deleted file mode 100644 index dd89fca3f8..0000000000 --- a/Documentation/mailmap.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,74 +0,0 @@ -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. |