Re: author names in .c files

[Bruno Haible]

Hi Eric,

> Ralf just pointed this out to me:
> http://producingoss.com/en/producingoss.html#territoriality

This view values "egalitarian spirit" and argues against written credits
in files for contributors. My opinion is different.

> Would anyone object if I removed most (if not all) 95 instances of my 
> name from those files

You should be able to feel reward by your name in a file that you wrote.

> given the argument that 'git shortlog file' will
> still give a pretty good indication of who the original author was?

Well, neither of the git tools is perfect for determining who wrote most
of a file:
  - "git shortlog" falls short when there is a file rename (e.g.
    lib/wchar_.in -> lib/wchar.in.h) and cannot evaluate a big commit
    against multiple small commits.
  - "git annotate" falls short when there is a reindentation of a large
    block.

I wish there were more unit tests in gnulib. I'd welcome any incentive
to write new unit tests.

Bruno