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Moving `.mailmap` to `.github/.mailmap` running `git log` with the option `--use-mailmap` appears to work.

AFAIK, modifications to the .mailmap file in this repository are performed manually. A GitHub Inc. employee responded to a (5 Aug 2022) question on the possibility that certain top level...

_this is low priority_ Anyways, would the Julia developers be amenable to the following? 1. replace the .svg file 2. add a smaller scaled 48x48 .png suitable for KDE's Application...

.mailmap file relocation Nothing definitive has resulted from enquiries to `git` developers on a potential loss of functionality resultant of file relocation.

I'm dropping my suggestion of relocating `.mailmap` to `.github/.mailmap`. It's nigh impossible to obtain anything but speculation from `git` developers on the implications of relocation.

> Will replacing the current svg file break anything else on other platforms? as far as breakage, I wouldn't envisage problems on macOS or Windows regarding Linux distros I can...

@ViralBShah https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/pull/47390 (Draft PR) Julia devs can add a commit to the Draft PR; also change the initial commit message and/or squash. I suggest adding to contrib the following (source...

> devs can change the initial commit message and/or squash. .svg file added and README.md updated accordingly

this is left for someone else to assess as to whether it is worthwhile to fix bad url ``` $ sed -n 29,33p julia/contrib/julia.appdata.xml https://julialang.org/images/julia-gnome.png $ ```

The screenshot julia-gnome.png was located and the url fixed in julia.appdata.xml. repo `www.julialang.org` That image file is however Version 0.3.1 and might be replaced with a same named more recent...