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+changelog:
+  exclude:
+    authors:
+      - dependabot
+      - pre-commit-ci
diff --git a/.mailmap b/.mailmap
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+Brigitta Sipőcz <bsipocz@gmail.com>
+Brigitta Sipőcz <bsipocz@gmail.com> <b.sipocz@gmail.com>
+David Pérez-Suárez <dps.helio@gmail.com>
+E. Madison Bray <erik.m.bray@gmail.com>
+E. Madison Bray <erik.m.bray@gmail.com> <embray@stsci.edu>
+Kyle D Fawcett <kfawcett@mitre.org> <45832007+kylefawcett@users.noreply.github.com>
+Hans Moritz Günther <moritz.guenther@gmx.de>
+Marco Rossi <developer@marco-rossi.com> <marco.rossi@benteler.com>
+Matt Davis <jiffyclub.programatic@gmail.com>
+P. L. Lim <2090236+pllim@users.noreply.github.com>
+Simon Conseil <contact@saimon.org> <simon.conseil@lam.fr>
+Stuart Mumford <stuart@cadair.com> <stuart@mumford.me.uk>
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