The git check-mailmap command reads the mailmap from either the default
.mailmap location and then from the mailmap.blob and mailmap.file
configurations.
A following change to git send-email will want to support new
configuration options based on the configured identity. The
identity-based configuration and options only make sense in the context
of git send-email.
Expose the read_mailmap_file and read_mailmap_blob functions from
mailmap.c. Teach git check-mailmap the --mailmap-file and
--mailmap-blob options which load the additional mailmap sources.
Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
git check-mailmap splits each provided contact using split_ident_line.
This function requires that the contact either be of the form "Name
<user@host>" or of the form "<user@host>". In particular, if the mail
portion of the contact is not surrounded by angle brackets,
split_ident_line will reject it.
This results in git check-mailmap rejecting attempts to translate simple
email addresses:
$ git check-mailmap user@host
fatal: unable to parse contact: user@host
This limits the usability of check-mailmap as it requires placing angle
brackets around plain email addresses.
In particular, attempting to use git check-mailmap to support mapping
addresses in git send-email is not straight forward. The sanitization
and validation functions in git send-email strip angle brackets from
plain email addresses. It is not trivial to add brackets prior to
invoking git check-mailmap.
Instead, modify check_mailmap() to allow such strings as contacts. In
particular, treat any line which cannot be split by split_ident_line as
a simple email address.
No attempt is made to actually parse the address line, or validate that
it is actually an email address. Implementing such validation is not
trivial. Besides, we weren't validating the address between angle
brackets before anyways.
Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Add a passing mention of the mailmap.file and mailmap.blob
configuration options. Before this addition a reader of the
"check-mailmap" manpage would have no idea that a custom map could be
specified, unless they'd happen to e.g. come across it in the "config"
manpage first.
Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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>
The standard for command documentation synopses appears to be:
[...] means optional
<...> means replaceable
[<...>] means both optional and replaceable
So fix a number of doc pages that use incorrect variations of the
above.
Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Introduce command check-mailmap, similar to check-attr and check-ignore,
which allows direct testing of .mailmap configuration.
As plumbing accessible to scripts and other porcelain, check-mailmap
publishes the stable, well-tested .mailmap functionality employed by
built-in Git commands. Consequently, script authors need not
re-implement .mailmap functionality manually, thus avoiding potential
quirks and behavioral differences.
Signed-off-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
