From 2824a3669fb28324a76bba1d2203f2f11b126124 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kees Cook Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2020 00:14:36 -0700 Subject: mailmap: Update comments for with format and more detalis Without having first read the git-shortlog man-page, the format of .mailmap may not be immediately obvious. Add comments with pointers to the man-page, along with other details. Signed-off-by: Kees Cook Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/202008080013.58EBD83@keescook Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet --- .mailmap | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to '.mailmap') diff --git a/.mailmap b/.mailmap index 9b0b9ec3e53e..787df6ec8908 100644 --- a/.mailmap +++ b/.mailmap @@ -2,11 +2,16 @@ # This list is used by git-shortlog to fix a few botched name translations # in the git archive, either because the author's full name was messed up # and/or not always written the same way, making contributions from the -# same person appearing not to be so or badly displayed. +# same person appearing not to be so or badly displayed. Also allows for +# old email addresses to map to new email addresses. # +# For format details, see "MAPPING AUTHORS" in "man git-shortlog". +# +# Please keep this list dictionary sorted. +# +# This comment is parsed by git-shortlog: # repo-abbrev: /pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ # - Aaron Durbin Adam Oldham Adam Radford -- cgit v1.2.3-58-ga151