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+# This file allows us to map authors more correctly
+# so if someone were to legally change their name, we could use it to fix that
+# while maintaining the integrity of the repository
+
+# https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-shortlog.html#_mapping_authors
+
+Andrew Rodland <andrew@cleverdomain.org> <andrew@hbslabs.com>
+Brendan Byrd <Perl@ResonatorSoft.org> <BBYRD@CPAN.org>
+Brendan Byrd <Perl@ResonatorSoft.org> <byrd.b@insightcom.com>
+Brian Phillips <bphillips@cpan.org> <bphillips@digitalriver.com>
+Brian Phillips <bphillips@cpan.org> <brian@thephillips.info>
+Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker <ilmari@ilmari.org> <ilmari.mannsaker@net-a-porter.com>
+Matt Phillips <mattp@cpan.org> <mphillips@oanda.com>
+Matt S Trout <mst@shadowcat.co.uk> <matthewt@hercule.scsys.co.uk>
+Matt S Trout <mst@shadowcat.co.uk> <mst@shadowcatsystems.co.uk>
+Rafael Kitover <rkitover@cpan.org> <rkitover@.(none)>