How can I change my authors mapping file in subgit?

Question

I have used subgit to create a standalone mirror from svn repository as git repository usingsubgit configure --layout auto SVN_REPO. THe main functionality is working great, but I am trying to map svn authors into git user names and viceversa,

By using subgit configure --layout auto SVN_REPO the mapping file authors.txt was created automatically as described in its documentation

user1 = user1 <user2@localhost>
user2 = user2 <user2@localhost>
...

I have tried to modify the file authors.txt in such a way that it would look like

user1 = peter <peter@localhost>
user2 = rob   <rob2@localhost>
...

and after that I have issue the command subgit fetch in subgit installation folder. However, I still see the old mapping ( using user1,user2...) instead the names themselves in my cloned git repo.

What should I do to make subgit use my authors mapping? Should I issue the command subgit configure again to import the whole svn repository with the new authors.txt file?

Answer 1

Changing names in the authors file is not enough: the matter is that SubGit sets authors during the actual translation from SVN to Git (or back). So changes made the authors file don't change authors in already translated commits or revisions, those changes will only affect later commits that are created after the authors mapping is changed. If you want that authors mapping to be applied to all commits, then you would need to re-translate the whole repository from scratch, it can be done with 'subgit install --rebuild ' command.

If you mean that new commits are being created with authors from the old mapping, then the most probably that caused by an incorrect path to the authors file, try to check core.authorsFile setting.