hermes-agent/contributors
Teknium 06adcfabf9
feat(attribution): conflict-free contributor mappings via contributors/emails/ directory
The AUTHOR_MAP dict in scripts/release.py was a merge-conflict magnet:
every concurrent salvage PR appended entries to the same lines of the
same file, so parallel PRs re-conflicted on every merge to main.

New system: one file per email under contributors/emails/ — filename is
the commit-author email, first non-comment line is the GitHub login.
File additions never conflict, so any number of PRs can add mappings
concurrently.

- scripts/release.py: AUTHOR_MAP is now LEGACY_AUTHOR_MAP (frozen)
  merged with the directory at import time (directory wins). All
  existing consumers (resolve_author, contributor_audit.py) unchanged.
- scripts/add_contributor.py: idempotent CLI to add a mapping; refuses
  conflicting reassignments (incl. against the legacy map), validates
  email/login shapes.
- contributor-check.yml: attribution gate now accepts a mapping file OR
  a legacy entry; failure message prints the exact add_contributor
  command. Also auto-resolves bare <login>@users.noreply.github.com
  emails is intentionally NOT added (kept id+login form only, matching
  previous behavior).
- contributor_audit.py: guidance now points at add_contributor.py.
- tests/scripts/test_contributor_map.py: 12 tests covering loader,
  merge precedence, CLI idempotency/conflict/validation, subprocess E2E.
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Contributor email → GitHub login mappings

This directory replaces appending entries to AUTHOR_MAP in scripts/release.py. The old dict caused constant merge conflicts when several salvage PRs landed at once — every PR edited the same lines of the same file. Here, each mapping is its own file, and file additions never conflict.

Adding a mapping

One file per commit-author email, under emails/:

python3 scripts/add_contributor.py <email> <github-login>
# or by hand:
echo "<github-login>" > contributors/emails/<email>
  • File name = the exact commit-author email (as shown by git log --format='%ae').
  • File content = the GitHub login on the first non-comment line. Lines starting with # are comments (use them for the PR reference).

Example — contributors/emails/jane.doe@example.com:

janedoe
# PR #12345 salvage (gateway: fix session key routing)

Rules

  • Do NOT add new entries to AUTHOR_MAP in scripts/release.py. That dict is frozen legacy data; the release tooling merges it with this directory (directory entries win on duplicates).
  • GitHub noreply emails (<id>+<login>@users.noreply.github.com and <login>@users.noreply.github.com) auto-resolve — no file needed.
  • The Contributor Attribution Check CI job fails a PR whose commits carry an unmapped email; the failure message prints the exact command to run.