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Jul 28, 2008, 7:45 AM


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463 kernel developers missing!

Here's a new .mailmap file for the kernel that cleans up the horrible
mess of names and email addresses in the log. To use it put it at the
root of your kernel tree and type 'git shortlog'. Before the clean up
there were 4,284 developers, after 3,821. There are 5,051 unique
emails.

The mailmap file contains all email addresses that have been used to
submit patches to the kernel. Don't freak out about your email address
being in the file, if it is in the file it is already in Google since
the kernel log is already in Google.

Putting all the email addresses and names into this file allows it to
be used as a basis for future validation. Since I don't know perl, can
someone whip up a patch to checkpatch.pl that validates the emails in
new patches against the ones in mailmap? Then if you aren't in mailmap
part of your commit needs to include a new entry for mailmap.

Another useful script would take the output of "git log | grep ^Author
| sort -u" and diff the list of email address against the mailmap
file. Any new emails found are new people that need to be added to
mailmap. Only the emails should be checked, not the names.

Please excuse any errors I made in the clean up process, a large
portion of it was done manually. After the base file is in we can
patch it to fix the errors. For those of you using a dozen aliases,
you might want to order them so that your current email is the last
one in the list. James Bottomley has the most aliases, 13.

PS It's not a diff because it would be too big to post.

--
Jon Smirl
jonsmirl[at]gmail.com
Attachments: .mailmap.bz2 (67.8 KB)

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463 kernel developers missing! jonsmirl at gmail Jul 28, 2008, 7:45 AM
    Re: 463 kernel developers missing! jonsmirl at gmail Jul 28, 2008, 8:20 AM
    Re: 463 kernel developers missing! bunk at kernel Jul 28, 2008, 8:35 AM
        Re: 463 kernel developers missing! jonsmirl at gmail Jul 28, 2008, 8:45 AM
    Re: 463 kernel developers missing! bunk at kernel Jul 28, 2008, 8:45 AM
        Re: 463 kernel developers missing! jonsmirl at gmail Jul 28, 2008, 8:55 AM
    Re: 463 kernel developers missing! bunk at kernel Jul 28, 2008, 8:52 AM
        Re: 463 kernel developers missing! jonsmirl at gmail Jul 28, 2008, 8:58 AM
    Re: 463 kernel developers missing! jonsmirl at gmail Jul 28, 2008, 9:12 AM
    Re: 463 kernel developers missing! joe at perches Jul 28, 2008, 9:20 AM
        Re: 463 kernel developers missing! jonsmirl at gmail Jul 28, 2008, 9:47 AM
    Re: 463 kernel developers missing! simon at fire Jul 28, 2008, 9:54 AM
        Re: 463 kernel developers missing! jonsmirl at gmail Jul 28, 2008, 10:05 AM
    Re: 463 kernel developers missing! stefanr at s5r6 Jul 28, 2008, 10:07 AM
    Re: 463 kernel developers missing! simon at fire Jul 28, 2008, 10:10 AM
        Re: 463 kernel developers missing! jonsmirl at gmail Jul 28, 2008, 10:22 AM
    Re: 463 kernel developers missing! borntraeger at de Jul 28, 2008, 10:15 AM
        Re: 463 kernel developers missing! jonsmirl at gmail Jul 28, 2008, 10:25 AM
    Re: 463 kernel developers missing! mkrufky at linuxtv Jul 28, 2008, 10:58 AM
    Re: 463 kernel developers missing! jonsmirl at gmail Jul 28, 2008, 11:10 AM
    Re: 463 kernel developers missing! simon at fire Jul 28, 2008, 11:11 AM
        Re: 463 kernel developers missing! jonsmirl at gmail Jul 28, 2008, 11:19 AM
    Re: 463 kernel developers missing! simon at fire Jul 28, 2008, 11:34 AM
        Re: 463 kernel developers missing! jonsmirl at gmail Jul 28, 2008, 12:00 PM
    Re: 463 kernel developers missing! tytso at mit Jul 28, 2008, 1:22 PM
        Re: 463 kernel developers missing! jonsmirl at gmail Jul 28, 2008, 1:38 PM
        Re: 463 kernel developers missing! davej at redhat Jul 28, 2008, 1:46 PM
            Re: 463 kernel developers missing! randy.dunlap at oracle Jul 28, 2008, 2:14 PM
                Re: 463 kernel developers missing! jmorris at namei Jul 28, 2008, 3:01 PM
            Re: 463 kernel developers missing! jonsmirl at gmail Jul 28, 2008, 3:08 PM
            Re: 463 kernel developers missing! nickpiggin at yahoo Jul 29, 2008, 2:58 AM
            Re: 463 kernel developers missing! bunk at kernel Jul 30, 2008, 12:42 AM
    Re: 463 kernel developers missing! tytso at mit Jul 28, 2008, 3:32 PM
        Re: 463 kernel developers missing! randy.dunlap at oracle Jul 28, 2008, 3:38 PM
        Re: 463 kernel developers missing! jonsmirl at gmail Jul 28, 2008, 3:52 PM
    Re: 463 kernel developers missing! stefanr at s5r6 Jul 28, 2008, 3:38 PM
    Re: 463 kernel developers missing! lethal at linux-sh Jul 28, 2008, 4:41 PM
        Re: 463 kernel developers missing! jonsmirl at gmail Jul 28, 2008, 5:14 PM
    Re: 463 kernel developers missing! rene.herman at keyaccess Jul 28, 2008, 5:29 PM
        Re: 463 kernel developers missing! lethal at linux-sh Jul 28, 2008, 5:33 PM
        Re: 463 kernel developers missing! jonsmirl at gmail Jul 28, 2008, 5:50 PM
    Re: 463 kernel developers missing! viro at ZenIV Jul 28, 2008, 6:15 PM
        Re: 463 kernel developers missing! jonsmirl at gmail Jul 28, 2008, 6:25 PM
    Re: 463 kernel developers missing! viro at ZenIV Jul 28, 2008, 6:36 PM
        Re: 463 kernel developers missing! jonsmirl at gmail Jul 28, 2008, 7:01 PM
    Re: 463 kernel developers missing! tytso at mit Jul 28, 2008, 7:50 PM
        Re: 463 kernel developers missing! jonsmirl at gmail Jul 28, 2008, 8:23 PM
    Re: 463 kernel developers missing! tytso at MIT Jul 28, 2008, 9:13 PM
        Re: 463 kernel developers missing! tytso at MIT Jul 28, 2008, 9:15 PM
        Re: 463 kernel developers missing! jonsmirl at gmail Jul 28, 2008, 10:05 PM
    Re: 463 kernel developers missing! w at 1wt Jul 28, 2008, 10:19 PM
    Re: 463 kernel developers missing! rene.herman at keyaccess Jul 29, 2008, 3:39 AM
        Re: 463 kernel developers missing! jonsmirl at gmail Jul 29, 2008, 6:44 AM
        Re: 463 kernel developers missing! bunk at kernel Jul 30, 2008, 12:24 AM
            Re: 463 kernel developers missing! stefanr at s5r6 Jul 30, 2008, 1:37 AM
                Re: 463 kernel developers missing! bunk at kernel Jul 30, 2008, 5:46 AM
                    Re: 463 kernel developers missing! rene.herman at keyaccess Jul 30, 2008, 5:54 AM
                        Re: 463 kernel developers missing! bunk at kernel Jul 30, 2008, 8:32 AM
                            Re: 463 kernel developers missing! rene.herman at keyaccess Jul 30, 2008, 9:32 AM
                            Re: 463 kernel developers missing! torvalds at linux-foundation Jul 30, 2008, 9:56 AM
                            Re: 463 kernel developers missing! stefanr at s5r6 Jul 30, 2008, 10:05 AM
                    Re: 463 kernel developers missing! stefanr at s5r6 Jul 30, 2008, 8:02 AM
                RE: 463 kernel developers missing! davids at webmaster Jul 30, 2008, 8:04 AM
                    Re: 463 kernel developers missing! alan at lxorguk Jul 30, 2008, 7:53 AM
                        Re: 463 kernel developers missing! jonsmirl at gmail Jul 30, 2008, 8:23 AM
                        RE: 463 kernel developers missing! davids at webmaster Jul 30, 2008, 11:03 AM
                            Re: 463 kernel developers missing! stefanr at s5r6 Jul 30, 2008, 12:49 PM
                                RE: 463 kernel developers missing! davids at webmaster Jul 30, 2008, 3:25 PM
                                    Re: 463 kernel developers missing! alan at lxorguk Jul 30, 2008, 3:32 PM
                                        RE: 463 kernel developers missing! davids at webmaster Jul 30, 2008, 4:33 PM
                                            Re: 463 kernel developers missing! kyle at moffetthome Jul 30, 2008, 9:20 PM
                                            Re: 463 kernel developers missing! stefanr at s5r6 Jul 31, 2008, 12:01 AM
                                        Re: 463 kernel developers missing! w at 1wt Jul 31, 2008, 1:59 PM
                    Re: 463 kernel developers missing! stefanr at s5r6 Jul 30, 2008, 8:09 AM
                Re: 463 kernel developers missing! jonsmirl at gmail Jul 30, 2008, 8:08 AM
            Re: 463 kernel developers missing! rene.herman at keyaccess Jul 30, 2008, 5:43 AM
                Re: 463 kernel developers missing! rol at as2917 Jul 30, 2008, 5:58 AM
                    Re: 463 kernel developers missing! simon at fire Jul 30, 2008, 10:53 AM
    Re: 463 kernel developers missing! penberg at cs Jul 29, 2008, 7:22 AM
    Re: 463 kernel developers missing! jonsmirl at gmail Jul 29, 2008, 7:27 AM
    Re: 463 kernel developers missing! rene.herman at keyaccess Jul 29, 2008, 7:34 AM
    Re: 463 kernel developers missing! penberg at cs Jul 29, 2008, 7:34 AM
    Re: 463 kernel developers missing! rene.herman at keyaccess Jul 29, 2008, 7:40 AM
    Re: 463 kernel developers missing! 7eggert at gmx Jul 30, 2008, 4:41 AM
    Re: 463 kernel developers missing! rene.herman at keyaccess Jul 30, 2008, 6:05 AM
    Re: 463 kernel developers missing! alan at lxorguk Jul 30, 2008, 8:14 AM
        Re: 463 kernel developers missing! jonsmirl at gmail Jul 30, 2008, 8:51 AM
        Re: 463 kernel developers missing! tytso at mit Jul 30, 2008, 9:40 AM
            Re: 463 kernel developers missing! alan at letsannoyjonsmirl Jul 30, 2008, 9:49 AM
                Re: 463 kernel developers missing! jonsmirl at gmail Jul 30, 2008, 11:58 AM
    Re: 463 kernel developers missing! alan at letsannoyjonsmirl Jul 30, 2008, 8:44 AM
    Re: 463 kernel developers missing! rene.herman at keyaccess Jul 30, 2008, 12:41 PM
        Re: 463 kernel developers missing! ray-lk at madrabbit Jul 30, 2008, 12:47 PM
        Re: 463 kernel developers missing! rene.herman at keyaccess Jul 30, 2008, 1:24 PM
            Re: 463 kernel developers missing! jonsmirl at gmail Jul 30, 2008, 1:27 PM
    Re: 463 kernel developers missing! rene.herman at keyaccess Jul 30, 2008, 1:00 PM
    Re: 463 kernel developers missing! stefanr at s5r6 Jul 30, 2008, 1:38 PM
    Re: 463 kernel developers missing! simon at fire Jul 30, 2008, 2:05 PM

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