[PATCH] create .mailmap file (for git shortlog/blame)

[David Bremner]

David Bremner <david at tethera.net> writes:

> Recently it was suggested on the list that we add a contributor to
> AUTHORS. This file has been unmodified for 7 years, and is somewhat out
> of date. It would potentially make sense to automagically update this
> file during the release process using the output from git shortlog. This
> file helps clean up some inconsistencies in author data in the history.

pushed.

d