.mailmap is ignored for git repositories meaning authors are not mapped at all

Because we do a git clone --bare when cloning the git repository for slurping in FishEye, any .mailmap set in the source repo is not available in the clone.

This means, the link displayed in the following log message is incorrect:

[java] 2011-07-15 16:56:39,615 WARN  - You may be able to adjust committer names if you have used multiple email addresses per committer. Please see http://confluence.atlassian.com/x/MgJRDg

Specifically:

Rewriting history is also valid for git (detailed below), but git has an easier alternative, using the .mailmap file. This allows the git repository to report to FishEye different name and email addresses than were actually used by the author — this will not affect any other repositories, unless they also get the .mailmap file in their local repositories. See the git shortlog man page for more details. Once you set this up, you will need to go to the administration console in FishEye for your repository and under the 'Maintenance' tab, select 'Re-clone and Re-index'.