Re: .mailmap etiquette (was "Re: [PATCH 1/7] parse-options: introduce OPT_HIDDEN_GROUP")

"D. Ben Knoble" [off-list ref] writes:

Speaking of .mailmap… if I were going to send future patches under a
new email address, would you prefer

(a) a series with the 1st commit being a .mailmap update (subsequent
commits bearing the new email address, of course, but unrelated to the
.mailmap update)
(b) a one-patch email with a .mailmap update
(c) the same as (b), but only after commits with the new email address
have stabilized in next or master

I am not sure what sort of complexity you are anticipating, but
having you send (b) and me applying it directly to 'master'
would be the simplest approach, wouldn't it?  After all, adding
a new entry to .mailmap does not invalidate your old identity;
it merely links the new one to the same person.