GNU bug report logs - #76319
31.0.50; duplicated name in etc/AUTHORS

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Elijah G <eg642616 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 76319-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#76319: 31.0.50; duplicated name in etc/AUTHORS
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2025 15:50:39 +0000

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> I would ask that it be changed to: Elías Gabriel Pérez
>
> The existing name is taken from your commits, so the best way of
> making sure it is what you want is to ensure your commits have this
> name and no other.  The above name is different both from your commits
> and from the name in the copyright list, which is the reason why we
> have different names in AUTHORS.  I've now added a rule to use your
> preferred name, which should override what your commits say and
> prevent the duplicate entries, but please make the effort of using
> only that name in your contributions, to avoid any future problems
> related to this.

Please let us know if you also want us to update .mailmap, so that the
display is correct in `git log`.

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