Re: get_maintainer.pl and .mailmap entries with more than 2 addresses

[Shuah Khan]

On 08/02/2016 04:26 PM, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Wed, 2016-08-03 at 00:17 +0200, Florian Mickler wrote:
>> cc'd mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  (Mauro, is your kernel.org address up?)
>>
>>  Am Tue, 02 Aug 2016 09:36:21 -0700
>> schrieb Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>
>>>
>>> Hello Florian.
>>> There is at least an oddity with get_maintainer handling of a
>>> .mailmap entry form.
>>>
>>> For instance:
>>>
>>> Mauro's .mailmap entry is:
>>> Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxx> <maurochehab@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxx> <m.chehab@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>> Is this a valid form?
>>>
>>> get_maintainer output for Mauro is:
>>>
>>> $ ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl drivers/media/ -f
>>> Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxx> <maurochehab@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxx> <m.chehab@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (maintainer:MEDIA INPUT INFRASTRUCTURE
>>> (V4L/DVB))
>>>
>>> I believe the Mauro's and Shuah's .mailmap entries are improper and
>>> should be changed, but I'm not completely aware of git .mailmap
>>> handling and the documentation seems weakly specified.
>>>
>> Hmm.. looking at Mauros last .mailmap commit it seems like your patch is
>> ok for Mauro. 
>>
>> Although <mywing81@xxxxxxxxx> and <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> are probably
>> missing? (@Mauro) 
>>
>>
>> $ git shortlog | grep "^Mauro C"
>> Mauro Carvalho Chehab (4404):
>> $ git log | grep "^Author:.*Mauro Carvalho Chehab" | sort | uniq -c
>>       2 Author: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <maurochehab@xxxxxxxxx>
>>     146 Author: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>     645 Author: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>     794 Author: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>    2015 Author: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>     448 Author: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <m.chehab@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>     353 Author: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>       1 Author: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mywing81@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>>
>>
>> Anyway, from a technical viewpoint your patches seem to fix
>> the .mailmap entry as the author intended. (See Junio's Email for the
>> documantation part) 
>> But I would wait for the ack from Mauro and Shuah. 
> 
> As far as I understand, a single entry with just their
> name and preferred email address would work too because
> the name parts are all spelled identically.
> 
> 

I am fine with change to my entry. Thanks for fixing it.

Acked-by: Shuah Khan <shuahkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

thanks,
-- Shuah