From 15e5660a46e40336f2c79b6b42a2d41be7d9715d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: edef <edef@edef.eu>
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2025 18:06:00 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] docs(mailmap): document what this is for

Change-Id: I55775d8f8b60d756b286aefbc87833be9cf38677
Reviewed-on: https://cl.snix.dev/c/snix/+/30288
Reviewed-by: Florian Klink <flokli@flokli.de>
Tested-by: besadii
---
 .mailmap | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.mailmap b/.mailmap
index a583a1ea9..1f74db3df 100644
--- a/.mailmap
+++ b/.mailmap
@@ -1,2 +1,7 @@
+# gitmailmap(5)
+# we use this to map author/commiter name and email addresses post-hoc
+# without git history rewrites. it is read by git-log and other git
+# tools implicitly.
+
 Alyssa Ross <hi@alyssa.is>
 Aspen Smith <root@gws.fyi> <aspen@gws.fyi> <grfn@gws.fyi>