1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 790405a21..0c8c76f13 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -565,6 +565,15 @@ static int git_default_branch_config(const char *var, const char *value)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int git_default_mailmap_config(const char *var, const char *value)
+{
+	if (!strcmp(var, "mailmap.file"))
+		return git_config_string(&git_mailmap_file, var, value);
+
+	/* Add other config variables here and to Documentation/config.txt. */
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int git_default_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *dummy)
 {
 	if (!prefixcmp(var, "core."))
@@ -579,6 +588,9 @@ int git_default_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *dummy)
 	if (!prefixcmp(var, "branch."))
 		return git_default_branch_config(var, value);
 
+	if (!prefixcmp(var, "mailmap."))
+		return git_default_mailmap_config(var, value);
+
 	if (!strcmp(var, "pager.color") || !strcmp(var, "color.pager")) {
 		pager_use_color = git_config_bool(var,value);
 		return 0;