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core.authorsFile
Anchor core.authorsFile core.authorsFile this option represents a path to the authors mapping file or authors mapping helper program. The path is either relative to the Git repository or absolute. The default value isauthors file is situated in SubGit directory:
No Format [core] authorsFile = subgit/authors.txt
There may be more that one
authorsFile
option set in the file:No Format [core] authorsFile = subgit/authors.txt authorsFile = /etc/authors.txt
All the mentioned files content is being merged into a full list. If an SVN username appears more than once – only its first occurrence will be applied. For example, if an SVN username
johndoe
appears in both authors files:No Format subgit/authors.txt johndoe = John Doe <johndoe@example.com> … /etc/authors.txt johndoe = John M. Doe <john_doe@example.com>
In this case, the SVN name
johndoe
is being mapped to Git nameJohn Doe <johndoe@example.com>
as it appears first in the list.
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