+ unshift (@mergerx, qr/$opt_M/);
+}
+
+# Absolutize filename now, since we will have chdir'ed by the time we
+# get around to opening it.
+$opt_A = File::Spec->rel2abs($opt_A) if $opt_A;
+
+our %users = ();
+our $users_file = undef;
+sub read_users($) {
+ $users_file = File::Spec->rel2abs(@_);
+ die "Cannot open $users_file\n" unless -f $users_file;
+ open(my $authors,$users_file);
+ while(<$authors>) {
+ chomp;
+ next unless /^(\S+?)\s*=\s*(.+?)\s*<(.+)>\s*$/;
+ (my $user,my $name,my $email) = ($1,$2,$3);
+ $users{$user} = [$name,$email];
+ }
+ close($authors);