Re: [PATCH] mailmap, docs: Update email to carlos.bilbao@xxxxxxxxxx

[Jonathan Corbet]

Carlos Bilbao <carlos.bilbao.osdev@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Hello,
>
> On 1/13/25 11:35, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
>> carlos.bilbao@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
>>
>>> From: Carlos Bilbao <carlos.bilbao.osdev@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>> Update .mailmap to reflect my new (and final) primary email address,
>>> carlos.bilbao@xxxxxxxxxx. This ensures consistent attribution in Git
>>> history. Also update my contact information in file
>>> Documentation/translations/sp_SP/index.rst to help contributors reach out
>>> for Spanish translations.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Carlos Bilbao <carlos.bilbao@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>>  .mailmap                                   | 3 +++
>>>  Documentation/translations/sp_SP/index.rst | 2 +-
>>>  2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/.mailmap b/.mailmap
>>> index 5ff0e5d681e7..83837191affb 100644
>>> --- a/.mailmap
>>> +++ b/.mailmap
>>> @@ -140,6 +140,9 @@ Cai Huoqing <cai.huoqing@xxxxxxxxx> <caihuoqing@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>  Can Guo <quic_cang@xxxxxxxxxxx> <cang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>  Carl Huang <quic_cjhuang@xxxxxxxxxxx> <cjhuang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>  Carlos Bilbao <carlos.bilbao.osdev@xxxxxxxxx> <carlos.bilbao@xxxxxxx>
>> Is there a reason you didn't just delete the above line?
>
>
> My understanding was that .mailmap should keep older mappings for proper
> record keeping, but it may have had the same effect, yes.

I'm confused, which records are we keeping here?  It doesn't seem that
mapping the same old address to multiple new ones will lead to anything
good...?

jon