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:bar_chart: The statistical analysis tool for git repositories
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Enhancement suggestion - merge git authors? #131

Closed willend closed 7 years ago

willend commented 7 years ago

Hi there,

I am analysing a reasonably old code with a long history (~18 years through rcs->CVS->SVN->git revision control) - and hence several commit authors had different identifiers along the way...

I tried looking through the docs and didn't find anything along the lines of merging stats from multiple authors under the same ID - but I would personally find it really useful.

Best, Peter Willendrup

adam-waldenberg commented 7 years ago

@willend,

This is already available, please refer to the FAQ. When it comes to ID's from SVN repos, there might be a few problems, however git has solutions for this when migrating repos.

I think you should be able to merge with .mailmap, but if problems arise you can also rewrite the author info.

adam-waldenberg commented 7 years ago

Hi @willend . Did you manage to resolve this somehow?

willend commented 7 years ago

I think I did eventually manage or find a different solution, thanks! :-)