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Yep, ran into the "don't change your name" edge case. I have the choice of rewriting history and coordinating that amongst team members, dealing with it, or sw
by kelseyfrog 3y ago
Yep, ran into the "don't change your name" edge case. I have the choice of rewriting history and coordinating that amongst team members, dealing with it, or switching companies and never working on the project again.
So far, I just deal with it, even though it chips away at my soul each time it comes up.
- Forge36 3y agoIs there a reason .mailmap doesn't work in your case? https://git-scm.com/docs/gitmailmap https://git-scm.com/docs/gitmailmap >If the file .mailmap exists at the toplevel of the repository, or at the location pointed to by the mailmap.file or mailmap.blob configuration options (see git-config[1]), it is used to map author and committer names and email addresses to canonical real names and email addresses.
- fanf2 3y agoNot all git commands consult .mailmap when they should, so it’s a very leaky and incomplete way to address the problem.