Re: Policy regarding adding email addresses to '.mailmap'.

[Ricardo Wurmus]

Mathieu Lirzin <address@hidden> writes:

> My questions are about how do we maintain the new '.mailmap' file.
>
> - Do the new addresses need to be added in the same commit where it
>   appears or in a separate commit?
>
> - In the case of a separate commit, will it be synchronous or
>   asynchronous (meaning that multiples adresses can be added at the same
>   time) ?
>
> - Is it better to ask the owner which email to choose in AUTHORS or to
>   use automatically the more recent one?

I’m using two email addresses and I alternate between them depending on
what I do (bioinfo stuff is done mostly from the official office email
address, whereas other stuff is sent from my private email address).

> - On the technical side, how to automate the process?

Does it need automation at all?