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mailmap doc: create a new "gitmailmap(5)" man page

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>
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Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason 4 years ago committed by Junio C Hamano
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  1. 1
      Documentation/Makefile
  2. 2
      Documentation/git-blame.txt
  3. 2
      Documentation/git-check-mailmap.txt
  4. 6
      Documentation/git-shortlog.txt
  5. 33
      Documentation/gitmailmap.txt
  6. 1
      command-list.txt

1
Documentation/Makefile

@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ MAN1_TXT += gitweb.txt @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ MAN1_TXT += gitweb.txt
MAN5_TXT += gitattributes.txt
MAN5_TXT += githooks.txt
MAN5_TXT += gitignore.txt
MAN5_TXT += gitmailmap.txt
MAN5_TXT += gitmodules.txt
MAN5_TXT += gitrepository-layout.txt
MAN5_TXT += gitweb.conf.txt

2
Documentation/git-blame.txt

@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ commit commentary), a blame viewer will not care. @@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ commit commentary), a blame viewer will not care.
MAPPING AUTHORS
---------------

include::mailmap.txt[]
See linkgit:gitmailmap[5].


SEE ALSO

2
Documentation/git-check-mailmap.txt

@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ printed; otherwise only ``$$<user@host>$$'' is printed. @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ printed; otherwise only ``$$<user@host>$$'' is printed.
MAPPING AUTHORS
---------------

include::mailmap.txt[]
See linkgit:gitmailmap[5].


GIT

6
Documentation/git-shortlog.txt

@ -111,11 +111,7 @@ include::rev-list-options.txt[] @@ -111,11 +111,7 @@ include::rev-list-options.txt[]
MAPPING AUTHORS
---------------

The `.mailmap` feature is used to coalesce together commits by the same
person in the shortlog, where their name and/or email address was
spelled differently.

include::mailmap.txt[]
See linkgit:gitmailmap[5].

GIT
---

33
Documentation/mailmap.txt → Documentation/gitmailmap.txt

@ -1,9 +1,28 @@ @@ -1,9 +1,28 @@
gitmailmap(5)
=============

NAME
----
gitmailmap - Map author/committer names and/or E-Mail addresses

SYNOPSIS
--------
$GIT_WORK_DIR/.mailmap


DESCRIPTION
-----------

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, it
is used to map author and committer names and email addresses to
canonical real names and email addresses.


SYNTAX
------

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:
@ -27,6 +46,10 @@ commit matching the specified commit email address, and: @@ -27,6 +46,10 @@ commit matching the specified commit email address, and:
which allows mailmap to replace both the name and the email of a
commit matching both the specified commit name and email address.


EXAMPLES
--------

Example 1: Your history contains commits by two authors, Jane
and Joe, whose names appear in the repository under several forms:

@ -73,3 +96,13 @@ Santa Claus <santa.claus@northpole.xx> <me@company.xx> @@ -73,3 +96,13 @@ 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.


SEE ALSO
--------
linkgit:git-check-mailmap[1]


GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite

1
command-list.txt

@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ gitfaq guide @@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ gitfaq guide
gitglossary guide
githooks guide
gitignore guide
gitmailmap guide
gitmodules guide
gitnamespaces guide
gitremote-helpers guide

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