Vscode-gitlens: Why does GitLens show commits by me as multiple contributors?

[isaacwashere]

Odd Behavior(s)

• When I go to the GitLens tab in the Activity Bar, under the Repositories section (for a repo that is solely my own), I see myself multiple times
• One has a gravatar, my full name and gmail, while the other has a gravatar, my GitHub username and gmail, and a final one will have my GitHub avatar, my full name, and a [email protected] email
• Is it possible to merge all those versions for me into 1 (not saying this is what I want, just curious)?
• Is it possible to have only information for one (or pick one) of those versions of me to show up "on hover"?
• I'd appreciate any information that would shed some light on this 👍

Tools

• Using Mac running OSX Catalina
• On the standard version of VS Code (Version: 1.39.2)
• I do have the email privacy setup on my GitHub account
• My question is within the context of working in a personal repo where I am/you are the only contributor

Thoughts

• The git log shows commits on my machine by me (the gmail), and PRs by me (the [email protected]); commits I made on GitHub.com seem to have my username (and gmail), commits I made on my machine have my full name (and gmail), and PR's merged also have my full name (but with the [email protected]email)
• Maybe the [email protected] email is being used for what I do on GitHub.com (like merging PRs) and the gmail.com for local commits (?) But the gmail is also being used for commits I made on GitHub.com 😕

Notes

• I didn't file this as an issue because I'm not sure this is one. I think it's more of a misunderstanding on my part
• This is similar to https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/issues/686
• I really just want my GitHub avatar to show up on hover (yep, it's enabled) and for some reason it's not :( But in trying to figure _that_ out, I stumbled on this question (hover shows the gmail account which doesn't have a GH avatar for some reason)

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[eamodio]

You can use the "mailmap" feature of Git (via a .mailmap file) to merge multiple commit identities into 1 (which GitLens will then honor).

Here is a good overview of Git mailmap (while this is from Atlassian it isn't Atlassian/Bitbucket specific): https://blog.developer.atlassian.com/aliasing-authors-in-git/

Hope that helps!

[isaacwashere]

Thanks! That's exactly what I needed! I appreciate the help! 👍

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