Move mailmap documentation into separate file

Marius Storm-Olsen · gitster · commit 7d48e9e6f77d · 2009-02-08T12:38:08.000-08:00
Include it directly from git-shortlog.txt, and refer
to it from pretty-format.txt.

Signed-off-by: Marius Storm-Olsen &lt;marius@trolltech.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano &lt;gitster@pobox.com&gt;
diff --git a/Documentation/git-blame.txt b/Documentation/git-blame.txt
@@ -184,6 +184,12 @@ there is ever added information (like the commit encoding or extended
 commit commentary), a blame viewer won't ever care.
 
 
+MAPPING AUTHORS
+---------------
+
+include::mailmap.txt[]
+
+
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 linkgit:git-annotate[1]
diff --git a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt
@@ -45,86 +45,15 @@ OPTIONS
 	and subsequent lines are indented by `indent2` spaces. `width`,
 	`indent1`, and `indent2` default to 76, 6 and 9 respectively.
 
-FILES
------
-
-If the file `.mailmap` exists at the toplevel of the repository, or at
-the location pointed to by the mailmap.file configuration option, it
-is used to map author and committer names and email addresses to
-canonical real names and email addresses.
-This mapping can be used to coalesce together commits by the same
-person where their name and/or email address was spelled differently.
-
-In the simple form, each line in the file consists of the canonical
-real name of an author, whitespace, and an email address used in the
-commit (enclosed by '<' and '>') to map to the name. Thus, looks like
-this
---
-	Proper Name <commit@email.xx>
---
-
-The more complex forms are
---
-	<proper@email.xx> <commit@email.xx>
---
-which allows mailmap to replace only the email part of a commit, and
---
-	Proper Name <proper@email.xx> <commit@email.xx>
---
-which allows mailmap to replace both the name and the email of a
-commit matching the specified commit email address, and
---
-	Proper Name <proper@email.xx> Commit Name <commit@email.xx>
---
-which allows mailmap to replace both the name and the email of a
-commit matching both the specified commit name and email address.
-
-Example 1: Your history contains commits by two authors, Jane
-and Joe, whose names appear in the repository under several forms:
-
-------------
-Joe Developer <joe@example.com>
-Joe R. Developer <joe@example.com>
-Jane Doe <jane@example.com>
-Jane Doe <jane@laptop.(none)>
-Jane D. <jane@desktop.(none)>
-------------
-
-Now suppose that Joe wants his middle name initial used, and Jane
-prefers her family name fully spelled out. A proper `.mailmap` file
-would look like:
-
-------------
-Jane Doe         <jane@desktop.(none)>
-Joe R. Developer <joe@example.com>
-------------
-
-Note how we don't need an entry for <jane@laptop.(none)>, because the
-real name of that author is correct already, and coalesced directly.
-
-Example 2: Your repository contains commits from the following
-authors:
-
-------------
-nick1 <bugs@company.xx>
-nick2 <bugs@company.xx>
-nick2 <nick2@company.xx>
-santa <me@company.xx>
-claus <me@company.xx>
-CTO <cto@coompany.xx>
-------------
-
-Then, you might want a `.mailmap` file looking like:
-------------
-<cto@company.xx>                       <cto@coompany.xx>
-Some Dude <some@dude.xx>         nick1 <bugs@company.xx>
-Other Author <other@author.xx>   nick2 <bugs@company.xx>
-Other Author <other@author.xx>         <nick2@company.xx>
-Santa Claus <santa.claus@northpole.xx> <me@company.xx>
-------------
-
-Use hash '#' for comments that are either on their own line, or after
-the email address.
+
+MAPPING AUTHORS
+---------------
+
+The `.mailmap` feature is used to coalesce together commits by the same
+person in the shortlog, where their name and/or email address was
+spelled differently.
+
+include::mailmap.txt[]
 
 
 Author
diff --git a/Documentation/mailmap.txt b/Documentation/mailmap.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+If the file `.mailmap` exists at the toplevel of the repository, or at
+the location pointed to by the mailmap.file configuration option, it
+is used to map author and committer names and email addresses to
+canonical real names and email addresses.
+
+In the simple form, each line in the file consists of the canonical
+real name of an author, whitespace, and an email address used in the
+commit (enclosed by '<' and '>') to map to the name. Thus, looks like
+this
+--
+	Proper Name <commit@email.xx>
+--
+
+The more complex forms are
+--
+	<proper@email.xx> <commit@email.xx>
+--
+which allows mailmap to replace only the email part of a commit, and
+--
+	Proper Name <proper@email.xx> <commit@email.xx>
+--
+which allows mailmap to replace both the name and the email of a
+commit matching the specified commit email address, and
+--
+	Proper Name <proper@email.xx> Commit Name <commit@email.xx>
+--
+which allows mailmap to replace both the name and the email of a
+commit matching both the specified commit name and email address.
+
+Example 1: Your history contains commits by two authors, Jane
+and Joe, whose names appear in the repository under several forms:
+
+------------
+Joe Developer <joe@example.com>
+Joe R. Developer <joe@example.com>
+Jane Doe <jane@example.com>
+Jane Doe <jane@laptop.(none)>
+Jane D. <jane@desktop.(none)>
+------------
+
+Now suppose that Joe wants his middle name initial used, and Jane
+prefers her family name fully spelled out. A proper `.mailmap` file
+would look like:
+
+------------
+Jane Doe         <jane@desktop.(none)>
+Joe R. Developer <joe@example.com>
+------------
+
+Note how we don't need an entry for <jane@laptop.(none)>, because the
+real name of that author is correct already.
+
+Example 2: Your repository contains commits from the following
+authors:
+
+------------
+nick1 <bugs@company.xx>
+nick2 <bugs@company.xx>
+nick2 <nick2@company.xx>
+santa <me@company.xx>
+claus <me@company.xx>
+CTO <cto@coompany.xx>
+------------
+
+Then, you might want a `.mailmap` file looking like:
+------------
+<cto@company.xx>                       <cto@coompany.xx>
+Some Dude <some@dude.xx>         nick1 <bugs@company.xx>
+Other Author <other@author.xx>   nick2 <bugs@company.xx>
+Other Author <other@author.xx>         <nick2@company.xx>
+Santa Claus <santa.claus@northpole.xx> <me@company.xx>
+------------
+
+Use hash '#' for comments that are either on their own line, or after
+the email address.
diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt
@@ -101,18 +101,18 @@ The placeholders are:
 - '%P': parent hashes
 - '%p': abbreviated parent hashes
 - '%an': author name
-- '%aN': author name (respecting .mailmap)
+- '%aN': author name (respecting .mailmap, see linkgit:git-shortlog[1] or linkgit:git-blame[1])
 - '%ae': author email
-- '%aE': author email (respecting .mailmap)
+- '%aE': author email (respecting .mailmap, see linkgit:git-shortlog[1] or linkgit:git-blame[1])
 - '%ad': author date (format respects --date= option)
 - '%aD': author date, RFC2822 style
 - '%ar': author date, relative
 - '%at': author date, UNIX timestamp
 - '%ai': author date, ISO 8601 format
 - '%cn': committer name
-- '%cN': committer name (respecting .mailmap)
+- '%cN': committer name (respecting .mailmap, see linkgit:git-shortlog[1] or linkgit:git-blame[1])
 - '%ce': committer email
-- '%cE': committer email (respecting .mailmap)
+- '%cE': committer email (respecting .mailmap, see linkgit:git-shortlog[1] or linkgit:git-blame[1])
 - '%cd': committer date
 - '%cD': committer date, RFC2822 style
 - '%cr': committer date, relative
