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.\"      Date: 02/23/2023
.\"    Manual: Git Manual
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.TH "GIT\-CHECK\-MAILMAP" "1" "02/23/2023" "Git 2\&.39\&.2" "Git Manual"
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.SH "NAME"
git-check-mailmap \- Show canonical names and email addresses of contacts
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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.nf
\fIgit check\-mailmap\fR [<options>] <contact>\&...
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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For each \(lqName <user@host>\(rq or \(lq<user@host>\(rq from the command\-line or standard input (when using \fB\-\-stdin\fR), look up the person\(cqs canonical name and email address (see "Mapping Authors" below)\&. If found, print them; otherwise print the input as\-is\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
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\-\-stdin
.RS 4
Read contacts, one per line, from the standard input after exhausting contacts provided on the command\-line\&.
.RE
.SH "OUTPUT"
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For each contact, a single line is output, terminated by a newline\&. If the name is provided or known to the \fImailmap\fR, \(lqName <user@host>\(rq is printed; otherwise only \(lq<user@host>\(rq is printed\&.
.SH "CONFIGURATION"
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See \fBmailmap\&.file\fR and \fBmailmap\&.blob\fR in \fBgit-config\fR(1) for how to specify a custom \fB\&.mailmap\fR target file or object\&.
.SH "MAPPING AUTHORS"
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See \fBgitmailmap\fR(5)\&.
.SH "GIT"
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Part of the \fBgit\fR(1) suite