diff --git a/.mailmap b/.mailmap index 04a7feb005..fadf6e7450 100644 --- a/.mailmap +++ b/.mailmap @@ -40,7 +40,19 @@ Nick Hudson hnick@vmware.com # for the cvs2svn initialization commit e63c3dc74bf. # Next, translate a few commits where mailman rewrote the From: line due -# to strict SPF, although we prefer to avoid adding more entries like that. +# to strict SPF and DMARC. Usually, our build process should be flagging +# commits like these before maintainer merges; if you find the need to add +# a line here, please also report a bug against the part of the build +# process that let the mis-attribution slip through in the first place. +# +# If the mailing list munges your emails, use: +# git config sendemail.from '"Your Name" ' +# the use of "" in that line will differ from the typically unquoted +# 'git config user.name', which in turn is sufficient for 'git send-email' +# to add an extra From: line in the body of your email that takes +# precedence over any munged From: in the mail's headers. +# See https://lists.openembedded.org/g/openembedded-core/message/166515 +# and https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2023-09/msg06784.html Ed Swierk Ed Swierk via Qemu-devel Ian McKellar Ian McKellar via Qemu-devel Julia Suvorova Julia Suvorova via Qemu-devel