Re: Git for Windows v2.23.0-rc0, was Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git v2.23.0-rc0

Hello,

On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 10:21 PM Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] wrote:

Jeff King [off-list ref] writes:

quoted

This seems OK to me, though I kind of wonder if anybody really wants
"auto". Unlike log.decorate, which changes the syntax, there is no real
reason to avoid mailmap when somebody else is parsing the output. And I
could imagine it is especially confusing if:

  git log --author=whoever

and

  git log | grep whoever | wc -l

do not agree.

I personally do not think it is too late to change for the upcoming
release, either.

But 'auto' that changes the displayed name depending on the output
being or not being a terminal makes little sense, I would think, for
the above reason.

I think if the warning is annoying people, then we should just change
the default and document it in the release notes.  Ultimately, I think
that this is behaviour that most see as a bug (especially when you
consider that `git shortlog` and `git blame` default to using mailmap
already), so simply describing it as a bugfix is arguably sufficient.

Ariadne