Re: [PATCH] mailmap: sort entries

[Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>]

On Mon, Jul 14, 2025 at 01:45:14PM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> The lines in .mailmap are supposed to be sorted, they have
> gotten out of order over time.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
> ---
>  .mailmap | 70 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------------
>  1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/.mailmap b/.mailmap
> index c7d55c7386..0be4d883c9 100644
> --- a/.mailmap
> +++ b/.mailmap
> @@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ Aleksey Baulin <aleksey.baulin@gmail.com>
>  Aleksey Katargin <gureedo@gmail.com>
>  Ales Musil <amusil@redhat.com>
>  Alessio Igor Bogani <alessio.bogani@elettra.eu>
> -Alex Chapman <alex.chapman@arm.com>
>  Alexander Bechikov <asb.tyum@gmail.com>
>  Alexander Belyakov <abelyako@gmail.com>
>  Alexander Chernavin <achernavin@netgate.com>
> @@ -59,6 +58,7 @@ Alexander Skorichenko <askorichenko@netgate.com>
>  Alexander Solganik <solganik@gmail.com>
>  Alexander V Gutkin <alexander.v.gutkin@intel.com>
>  Alexandre Ferrieux <alexandre.ferrieux@orange.com>
> +Alex Chapman <alex.chapman@arm.com>
>  Alexey Kardashevskiy <aik@ozlabs.ru>
>  Alex Kiselev <alex@bisonrouter.com> <alex@therouter.net>
>  Alex Marginean <alexandru.marginean@nxp.com>

Nak for this particular form of sorting.
The various "Alex"s should appear before the "Alexander"s, since the fist
names should be compared alone before the second name comparisons start.

/Bruce