Re: [PATCH net-next] mailmap: add entries for Alex Elder

[Alex Elder <alex.elder@linaro.org>]

On 4/21/24 11:16 AM, Bjorn Andersson wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 21, 2024 at 10:17:32AM -0500, Alex Elder wrote:
>> Define my kernel.org address to be the canonical one, and add mailmap
>> entries for the various addresses (including typos) that have been
>> used over the years.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Alex Elder <elder@linaro.org>
>> ---
>>   .mailmap | 12 ++++++++++++
>>   1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/.mailmap b/.mailmap
>> index 8284692f96107..a78cd3d300eb1 100644
>> --- a/.mailmap
>> +++ b/.mailmap
>> @@ -38,6 +38,18 @@ Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> <alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com>
>>   Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> <ast@fb.com>
>>   Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> <ast@plumgrid.com>
>>   Alexey Makhalov <alexey.amakhalov@broadcom.com> <amakhalov@vmware.com>
>> +Alex Elder <elder@kernel.org>
>> +Alex Elder <elder@kernel.org> <aelder@sgi.com>
>> +Alex Elder <elder@kernel.org> <alex.elder@linaro.org>
>> +Alex Elder <elder@kernel.org> <alex.elder@linary.org>
>> +Alex Elder <elder@kernel.org> <elder@dreamhost.com>
>> +Alex Elder <elder@kernel.org> <elder@dreawmhost.com>
>> +Alex Elder <elder@kernel.org> <elder@ieee.org>
>> +Alex Elder <elder@kernel.org> <elder@inktank.com>
>> +Alex Elder <elder@kernel.org> <elder@kernel.org>
>> +Alex Elder <elder@kernel.org> <elder@linaro.org>
>> +Alex Elder <elder@kernel.org> <elder@newdream.net>
>> +Alex Elder <elder@kernel.org> Alex Elder (Linaro) <elder@linaro.org>
> 
> Isn't this form (with the name in the middle) when you want to be able
> to map one email with two different names, to two different addresses?
> 
> As described in last example in the "gitmailmap" man page?
> 
> I think thereby this would be a duplicate with the entry two lines
> above?

I interpreted this form as meaning "change both the
name and the e-mail" but I tried deleting that last
one and it still mapped properly.  I also just noticed
that I mapped @kernel.org to @kernel.org, which is
dumb.

I'll send v2.  Thank you.

					-Alex

> 
> Regards,
> Bjorn
> 
>>   Alex Hung <alexhung@gmail.com> <alex.hung@canonical.com>
>>   Alex Shi <alexs@kernel.org> <alex.shi@intel.com>
>>   Alex Shi <alexs@kernel.org> <alex.shi@linaro.org>
>> -- 
>> 2.40.1
>>