This orphaned branch includes a file named committers.gitconfig which is used to define
a mapping of GitHub usernames to a committers preferred name and email address. This data
is not authoritative, but rather is used for some automations.
To modify this data set, checkout the asf-committers branch. Since this is an orphaned branch
use git switch to avoid leaving behind all the tracked files.
git fetch origin asf-committers
git switch asf-committers
Create a branch to make modifications
git checkout -b add-me-to-asf-committers
Use git config to add your preferred display name and email.
git config --file committers.gitconfig --add committer.anexample.name "Alice N Example"
git config --file committers.gitconfig --add committer.anexample.email [email protected]
To update an existing entry, you can edit the committers.gitconfig file directly or use "--unset" to remove an existing value before updating it.
Push to your changes to a fork and open a PR with asf-committers as the base branch.
To use this data, the file can be used directly with --file or as a Git ref with --blob
git config --blob asf-committers:committers.gitconfig --get committer.anexample.name
> Alice N Example