Tassilo Horn <t...@gnu.org> writes: > Vincent Belaïche <vincent....@hotmail.fr> writes: > > Hi Vincent, > >>> > BTW, in my previous contributions the git commits were with >>> > --author=vincent....@hotmail.fr, which a git log does show, >>> > although the ChangeLog is with my address @sourceforge. I think >>> > that you should keep it this way for git repo consistency (maybe we >>> > change the ChangeLog some day which is easier, so for git please >>> > keep the same author). Sorry for introducing this who-I-am >>> > discrepancy. >>> >>> Sorry, I don't get you exactly. Should I commit with your sf or >>> hotmail address? >> >> Please commit with my hotmail address as done previously for all the >> other commits from me. > > After reading your sentence once again I have to confess you were pretty > clear. ;-) > >> I am suggesting to do so because, if we were to align who I am on a >> single address, it seems easier to me to change the ChangeLog content >> than to admin the GIT repo: so let us not introduce a second address >> into the repo, and keep only the hotmail address for it. >> >> Sorry for creating this inconvenience... Please make me know if for >> next change I should change all the sf to hotmail address inside the >> ChangeLog. > > Currently, I'd prefer to have your hotmail address also in the > ChangeLogs because that's the address that's registered with the FSF for > your copyright assignment. But of course you can write the copyright > clerk to add whatever address you like to your record.
Git knows how to correlate several mail addresses using a .mailmap file. I think it is described in the manual page for git-shortlog. -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ auctex mailing list auctex@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/auctex
