Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] Autogenerate AUTHORS

On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 11:03:42AM -0400, Cole Robinson wrote: > On 10/13/2012 11:01 AM, Cole Robinson wrote: > > We add a helper python script build-aux/make-authors.py The .mailmap > > is expanded to give output as close to the original AUTHORS file as > > possible. Drop the syntax-check that validated AUTHORS is up to date. > > > > AUTHORS.in tracks the maintainers, as well as some folks who were > > previously in AUTHORS but don't have a git commit with proper > > attribution. > > Here's the AUTHORS diff it generates. I tried to make sure no one was dropped, > but it could use another look As you comment in the original patch, I think it's best to sort the output. In libguestfs we sort by author string (ie. by the first name that appears): git log --pretty="format:%an <%ae>" | sort -u | uniq -w 10