diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b4dca86d65..c1546039b7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+AUTHORS
+ChangeLog
 *.pyc
 etc/tempest.conf
 include/swift_objects/swift_small
@@ -6,7 +8,7 @@ include/swift_objects/swift_large
 *.log
 *.swp
 *.swo
-*.egg-info
+*.egg*
 .tox
 .venv
 dist
diff --git a/.mailmap b/.mailmap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9a22c71360
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.mailmap
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Ravikumar Venkatesan <ravikumar.venkatesan@hp.com> ravikumar-venkatesan <ravikumar.venkatesan@hp.com>
+Ravikumar Venkatesan <ravikumar.venkatesan@hp.com> ravikumar venkatesan <ravikumar.venkatesan@hp.com>
+Rohit Karajgi <rohit.karajgi@nttdata.com> Rohit Karajgi <rohit.karajgi@vertex.co.in>
+Jay Pipes <jaypipes@gmail.com> Jay Pipes <jpipes@librebox.gateway.2wire.net>
+<brian.waldon@rackspace.com> <bcwaldon@gmail.com>
+Daryl Walleck <daryl.walleck@rackspace.com> dwalleck <daryl.walleck@rackspace.com>
+<jeblair@hp.com> <corvus@inaugust.com>
+<jeblair@hp.com> <james.blair@rackspace.com>