Ensure you use a MailmapΒΆ
The social metrics need to identify each developer that contributes code. Unfortunately, it’s common that developers have multiple Git aliases, which will bias the social metrics.
You avoid that bias by providing a .mailmap
. A .mailmap
is a Git
feature. It’s a file that specifies a mapping from multiple aliases to
one for each developer. The Empear tool will automatically use the
.mailmap
when present.
Read the Git Documentation on mapping
authors for a
description on how to configure the .mailmap
.