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git check-mailmap — Show canonical names and email addresses of contacts. More information: <https://git-scm.com/docs/gi

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Problem

How to use the git check-mailmap command: Show canonical names and email addresses of contacts. More information: <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-check-mailmap>.

Solution

git check-mailmap — Show canonical names and email addresses of contacts. More information: <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-check-mailmap>.

Look up the canonical name associated with an email address:

git check-mailmap "<{{email@example.com}}>"

Code Snippets

Look up the canonical name associated with an email address

git check-mailmap "<{{email@example.com}}>"

Context

tldr-pages: common/git check-mailmap

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