Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:33:02 +0200 (CEST) | From | Jesper Juhl <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH trival/tree-wide] Change Ryan Mallon's email address across the kernel |
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On Fri, 10 Jun 2011, Ryan Mallon wrote:
> On 10/06/11 13:24, Joe Perches wrote: > > On Fri, 2011-06-10 at 13:13 +1000, Ryan Mallon wrote: > > > On 10/06/11 13:11, Joe Perches wrote: > > > > On Fri, 2011-06-10 at 13:05 +1000, Ryan Mallon wrote: > > > > > On 10/06/11 12:55, Paul Mundt wrote: > > > > > > On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 09:12:50AM +1000, Ryan Mallon wrote: > > > > > > > I no longer work at Bluewater Systems. Update my email address > > > > > > > accordingly. > > > > > > Is this sort of churn really necessary? > > > > get_maintainer uses the name and address in the first seen > > > > commit matching on the full name where possible. > > > Okay, what is the correct fix then so that people get the right email > > > address for me? > > I believe updating the MAINTAINERS file and > > authoring and committing patches that take > > your email address out of files works well. > > If I strip my email address, but leave my name and copyright in the files the > patch will have the same amount of churn right? > This time around, yes. But the next time you change email you then don't have to update those files again, just CREDITS/MAINTAINERS etc.
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