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2021-01-12mailmap doc + tests: document and test for case-insensitivityLibravatar Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason1-0/+5
Add documentation and more tests for case-insensitivity. The existing test only matched on the E-Mail part, but as shown here we also match the name with strcasecmp(). This behavior was last discussed on the mailing list in the thread starting at [1]. It seems we're keeping it like this, so let's document it. 1. https://lore.kernel.org/git/87czykvg19.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com/ Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2021-01-12mailmap doc + tests: add better examples & test themLibravatar Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason1-20/+29
Change the mailmap documentation added in 0925ce4d49 (Add map_user() and clear_mailmap() to mailmap, 2009-02-08) to continue discussing the Jane/Joe example. I think this makes things a lot less confusing as we're building up more complex examples using one set of data which covers all the things we'd like to discuss. Also add tests to assert that what our documentation says is what's actually happening. This is mostly (or entirely) covered by existing tests which I'm not deleting, but having these tests for the synopsis makes it easier to follow-along while reading the tests & docs. Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2021-01-12mailmap doc: start by mentioning the comment syntaxLibravatar Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason1-2/+3
Mentioning the comment syntax and blank line support first is in line with how "git help config" describes its format. See b8936cf060 (config.txt grammar, typo, and asciidoc fixes, 2006-06-08) for the paragraph I'm copying & amending from its documentation. Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2021-01-12mailmap doc: quote config variables `like.this`Libravatar Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason1-2/+2
Quote the mailmap.file and mailmap.blob configuration variables as `mailmap.file` and `mailmap.blob`, and link to git-config(1). This is in line with the preferred way of doing this in the rest of our documentation. Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2021-01-12mailmap doc: create a new "gitmailmap(5)" man pageLibravatar Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason1-0/+108
Create a gitmailmap(5) page similar to how .gitmodules and .gitignore have their own pages at gitmodules(5) and gitignore(5). Now instead of "check-mailmap", "blame" and "shortlog" documentation including the description of the format we link to one canonical place. This makes things easier for readers, since in our manpage or web-based[1] output it's not clear that the "MAPPING AUTHORS" sections aren't subtly different, as opposed to just included. 1. https://git-scm.com/docs/git-check-mailmap Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>