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+# mailmap - organise past authors and identities
+
+Hollie Hutchinson <hollie@stackhpc.com> Jake Hutchinson <jake@stackhpc.com>
+Hollie Hutchinson <hollie@stackhpc.com> Jake Hutchinson <39007539+assumptionsandg@users.noreply.github.com>
+Hollie Hutchinson <hollie@stackhpc.com> Jake Hutchinson <jake@assumptions.network>