From e675ea8dd83aaed018a67534323305c36d373b40 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jake Bailey <5341706+jakebailey@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2022 15:38:09 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Remove AUTHORS.md, .mailmap, authors.ts script (#50410)

---
 .dockerignore      |   1 -
 .gitignore         |   1 -
 .mailmap           | 362 ----------------------------------
 AUTHORS.md         | 481 ---------------------------------------------
 package.json       |   1 -
 scripts/authors.ts | 197 -------------------
 6 files changed, 1043 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 .mailmap
 delete mode 100644 AUTHORS.md
 delete mode 100644 scripts/authors.ts

diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index f173f5a6a5158..cf23755119c2e 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ scripts/run.bat
 scripts/word2md.js
 scripts/buildProtocol.js
 scripts/ior.js
-scripts/authors.js
 scripts/configurePrerelease.js
 scripts/open-user-pr.js
 scripts/open-cherry-pick-pr.js
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 33df5bf877dd5..cdf20ba5a2434 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ scripts/run.bat
 scripts/word2md.js
 scripts/buildProtocol.js
 scripts/ior.js
-scripts/authors.js
 scripts/configurePrerelease.js
 scripts/configureLanguageServiceBuild.js
 scripts/open-user-pr.js
diff --git a/.mailmap b/.mailmap
deleted file mode 100644
index cb3334a940433..0000000000000
--- a/.mailmap
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,362 +0,0 @@
-
-AbubakerB <abubaker_bashir@hotmail.com> # Abubaker Bashir
-Alexander <alexander@kuvaev.me># Alexander Kuvaev
-Aluan Haddad  <aluanh@gmail.com>
-Adam Freidin <adam.freidin@gmail.com> Adam Freidin <afreidin@adobe.com>
-Adi Dahiya <adahiya@palantir.com> Adi Dahiya <adi.dahiya14@gmail.com>
-Ahmad Farid <ahfarid@microsoft.com> ahmad-farid <ahfarid@microsoft.com>
-Alexander Rusakov  <a_s_rusakov@mail.ru>
-Alex Eagle <alexeagle@google.com>
-Anatoly Ressin  <anatoly.ressin@icloud.com>
-Anders Hejlsberg <andersh@microsoft.com> unknown <andersh@AndersX1.NOE.Nokia.com> unknown <andersh@andersh-yoga.redmond.corp.microsoft.com> Anders Hejlsberg  <Anders Hejlsberg>
-about-code  <about-code@users.noreply.github.com> # Andreas Martin
-Andrej Baran  <andrej.baran@gmail.com>
-Andrew Ochsner  <andrew.ochsner@wipro.com>
-Andrew Z Allen <me@andrewzallen.com>
-Andy Hanson <anhans@microsoft.com> Andy <anhans@microsoft.com>
-Anil Anar <anilanar@hotmail.com>
-Anton Tolmachev <myste@mail.ru>
-Anubha Mathur  <anubmat@microsoft.com> anubmat  <anubmat@microsoft.com>
-Armando Aguirre  <armando.aguirre@microsoft.com>
-Arnaud Tournier  <ltearno@gmail.com>
-Arnavion <arnavion@gmail.com> # Arnav Singh
-Arthur Ozga <aozgaa@umich.edu> Arthur Ozga <t-arthoz@microsoft.com> Arthur Ozga  <aozgaa-ms@outlook.com> Arthur Ozga  <aozgaa@users.noreply.github.com> Arthur Ozga  <arozga@microsoft.com>
-Asad Saeeduddin <masaeedu@gmail.com>
-Schmavery <avery.schmavery@gmail.com> # Avery Morin
-Basarat Ali Syed <basaratali@gmail.com> Basarat Syed <basaratali@gmail.com> basarat <basaratali@gmail.com>
-Bill Ticehurst <billti@hotmail.com> Bill Ticehurst <billti@microsoft.com>
-Ben Duffield <jebavarde@gmail.com>
-Ben Mosher  <me@benmosher.com>
-Benjamin Bock  <bb@users.noreply.github.com>
-Benjamin Lichtman  <uniqueiniquity@users.noreply.github.com> uniqueiniquity  <blichtman623@gmail.com>
-Blake Embrey <hello@blakeembrey.com>
-Bowden Kelly <wilkelly@microsoft.com>
-Brett Mayen <bmayen@midnightsnacks.net>
-Bryan Forbes <bryan@reigndropsfall.net>
-Caitlin Potter <caitpotter88@gmail.com>
-ChrisBubernak <chris.bubernak@gmail.com> unknown <chrbub@chrbub1.redmond.corp.microsoft.com> # Chris Bubernak
-Christophe Vidal  <kriss@krizalys.com>
-Chuck Jazdzewski <chuckj@google.com>
-Colby Russell <mr@colbyrussell.com>
-Colin Snover <github.com@zetafleet.com>
-Cyrus Najmabadi <cyrusn@microsoft.com> CyrusNajmabadi <cyrusn@microsoft.com> unknown <cyrusn@cylap.ntdev.corp.microsoft.com>
-Dafrok  <o.o@mug.dog> # Dafrok Zhang
-Dan Corder <dev@dancorder.com>
-Dan Quirk <danquirk@microsoft.com> Dan Quirk <danquirk@users.noreply.github.com> nknown <danquirk@DANQUIRK1.redmond.corp.microsoft.com>
-Daniel Rosenwasser <drosen@microsoft.com> Daniel Rosenwasser <DanielRosenwasser@users.noreply.github.com> Daniel Rosenwasser <DanielRosenwasser@gmail.com> Daniel Rosenwasser <Daniel.Rosenwasser@microsoft.com> Daniel Rosenwasser <DanielRosenwasser@microsoft.com>
-David Li <jiawei.davidli@gmail.com>
-David Sheldrick  <david@futurice.com>
-David Souther <davidsouther@gmail.com>
-Denis Nedelyaev <denvned@gmail.com>
-Dick van den Brink <d_vandenbrink@outlook.com> unknown <d_vandenbrink@outlook.com> unknown <d_vandenbrink@live.com>
-Dirk Baeumer <dirkb@microsoft.com> Dirk Bäumer <dirkb@microsoft.com> # Dirk Bäumer
-Dirk Holtwick <dirk.holtwick@gmail.com>
-Dom Chen  <domchen@users.noreply.github.com>
-Doug Ilijev <dilijev@users.noreply.github.com>
-Erik Edrosa <erik.edrosa@gmail.com>
-Erik McClenney  <erikmcc@google.com>
-erictsangx  <erictsangx@gmail.com> # Eric Tsang
-Ethan Rubio <ethanrubio@users.noreply.github.com>
-Evan Martin <martine@danga.com>
-Evan Sebastian <evanlhoini@gmail.com>
-Eyas <eyas.sharaiha@gmail.com> # Eyas Sharaiha
-Fabian Cook  <faybecook@gmail.com>
-falsandtru <falsandtru@users.noreply.github.com> # @falsandtru
-Filipe Silva  <filipematossilva@gmail.com>
-flowmemo  <flowmemo@outlook.com> # @flowmemo
-Frank Wallis <fwallis@outlook.com>
-František Žiacik <fziacik@gratex.com> František Žiacik <ziacik@gmail.com>
-Gabe Moothart  <gmoothart@gmail.com>
-Gabriel Isenberg <gisenberg@gmail.com>
-Gilad Peleg <giladp007@gmail.com>
-Godfrey Chan  <godfreykfc@gmail.com>
-Graeme Wicksted <graeme.wicksted@gmail.com>
-Guillaume Salles <guillaume.salles@me.com>
-Guy Bedford <guybedford@gmail.com> guybedford <guybedford@gmail.com>
-Harald Niesche <harald@niesche.de>
-Homa Wong  <homawong@gmail.com>
-Hendrik Liebau  <mail@hendrik-liebau.de>
-Iain Monro <iain.monro@softwire.com>
-IgorNovozhilov  <maildrakon@gmail.com> # Igor Novozhilov
-Ingvar Stepanyan <me@rreverser.com>
-impinball <impinball@gmail.com> # Isiah Meadows
-Iwata Hidetaka  <iwata0303@gmail.com>
-Ivo Gabe de Wolff <ivogabe@ivogabe.nl>
-Jakub Młokosiewicz  <hckr@users.noreply.github.com>
-James Whitney <james@whitney.io>
-James Henry  <james@henry.sc>
-Jason Freeman <jfreeman@microsoft.com> Jason Freeman <JsonFreeman@users.noreply.github.com>
-Jason Jarrett  <jason@elegantcode.com>
-Jason Killian <jkillian@palantir.com>
-Jason Ramsay <jasonra@microsoft.com> jramsay <jramsay@users.noreply.github.com>
-Jed Mao <jed.hunsaker@gmail.com>
-Jeffrey Morlan <jmmorlan@sonic.net>
-tobisek <jiri@wix.com> # Jiri Tobisek
-Johannes Rieken <jrieken@microsoft.com>
-John Vilk <jvilk@cs.umass.edu>
-jbondc <jbondc@gdesolutions.com> jbondc <jbondc@golnetwork.com> jbondc <jbondc@openmv.com> # Jonathan Bond-Caron
-Jonathan Park <jpark@daptiv.com>
-Jonathan Turner <jont@microsoft.com> Jonathan Turner <probata@hotmail.com>
-Jonathan Toland <toland@dnalot.com>
-Jesse Schalken <me@jesseschalken.com>
-Joel Day  <joelday@gmail.com>
-Josh Abernathy  <joshaber@gmail.com> joshaber  <joshaber@gmail.com>
-Josh Goldberg  <joshuakgoldberg@outlook.com>
-Josh Kalderimis <josh.kalderimis@gmail.com>
-Josh Soref <jsoref@users.noreply.github.com>
-Juan Luis Boya García <ntrrgc@gmail.com>
-Julian Williams <julianjw92@gmail.com>
-Justin Bay  <justin.bay@outlook.com>
-Justin Johansson  <thebabellion@gmail.com>
-Herrington Darkholme <nonamesheep1@gmail.com> (´·?·`)  <HerringtonDarkholme@users.noreply.github.com> # Herrington Darkholme
-Kagami Sascha Rosylight <saschanaz@outlook.com> SaschaNaz <saschanaz@outlook.com>
-Kanchalai Tanglertsampan <yuisu@microsoft.com> Yui <yuit@users.noreply.github.com>
-Kanchalai Tanglertsampan <yuisu@microsoft.com> Yui T <yuisu@microsoft.com>
-Kanchalai Tanglertsampan <yuisu@microsoft.com> Yui <yuit@users.noreply.github.com>
-Kanchalai Tanglertsampan <yuisu@microsoft.com> Yui <yuisu@microsoft.com>
-Kanchalai Tanglertsampan <yuisu@microsoft.com> yui T <yuisu@microsoft.com>
-Kārlis Gaņģis <Knagis@users.noreply.github.com>
-Keith Mashinter <kmashint@yahoo.com> kmashint <kmashint@yahoo.com>
-Ken Howard <ken@simplicatedweb.com>
-Kevin Lang  <klang2012@gmail.com>
-kimamula <kenji.imamula@gmail.com> # Kenji Imamula
-Kitson Kelly  <me@kitsonkelly.com>
-Krishnadas Babu <krishnadas100033@gmail.com>
-Klaus Meinhardt  <klaus.meinhardt1@gmail.com>
-Kyle Kelley <rgbkrk@gmail.com>
-Lorant Pinter <lorant.pinter@prezi.com>
-Lucien Greathouse <me@lpghatguy.com>
-Lukas Elmer  <lukas.elmer@gmail.com> Lukas Elmer  <lukas.elmer@renuo.ch>
-Magnus Hiie  <magnus.hiie@gmail.com>
-Martin Vseticka <vseticka.martin@gmail.com> Martin Všeticka <vseticka.martin@gmail.com> MartyIX <vseticka.martin@gmail.com>
-gcnew  <gcnew@abv.bg> # Marin Marinov
-vvakame <vvakame+dev@gmail.com> # Masahiro Wakame
-Matt McCutchen <rmccutch@mit.edu>  Matt McCutchen  <matt@mattmccutchen.net>
-Matt Bierner  <matb@microsoft.com>
-MANISH-GIRI  <manish.giri.me@gmail.com> # Manish Giri
-Max Deepfield <maxdeepfield@absolutefreakout.com>
-Micah Zoltu <micah@zoltu.net>
-Michael  <maykelchiche@gmail.com>
-Mike Busyrev  <busyrev@gmail.com>
-Mine Starks  <minestarks@users.noreply.github.com> Mine Starks  <mineyalc@microsoft.com>
-Mohamed Hegazy <mhegazy@microsoft.com>
-Nathan Shively-Sanders <nathansa@microsoft.com> Nathan Shively-Sanders  <293473+sandersn@users.noreply.github.com>
-Nathan Yee <ny.nathan.yee@gmail.com>
-Nima Zahedi <nima.zahedee@gmail.com>
-Noah Chen  <nchen@palantir.com>
-Noj Vek <nojvek@gmail.com>
-mihailik <mihailik@gmail.com> # Oleg Mihailik
-Oleksandr Chekhovskyi <oleksandr.chekhovskyi@hansoft.com>
-Paul van Brenk <paul.van.brenk@microsoft.com> Paul van Brenk <paul.van.brenk@outlook.com> unknown <paul.van.brenk@microsoft.com> unknown <paul.van.brenk@microsoft.com>	unknown <pvanbren@pvbvsproai.redmond.corp.microsoft.com>
-Omer Sheikh  <ojsheikh@gmail.com>
-Oskar Segersva¨rd <oskar.segersvard@widespace.com>
-pcan <piero.cangianiello@gmail.com> # Piero Cangianiello
-pcbro <2bux89+dk3zspjmuh16o@sharklasers.com> # @pcbro
-Pedro Maltez <pedro@pedro.ac> # Pedro Maltez
-piloopin <piloopin@gmail.com> # @piloopin
-milkisevil <philip@milkisevil.com> # Philip Bulley
-progre <djyayutto@gmail.com> # @progre
-Prayag Verma <prayag.verma@gmail.com>
-Punya Biswal <pbiswal@palantir.com>
-Rado Kirov <radokirov@google.com>
-Ron Buckton <rbuckton@microsoft.com> Ron Buckton <ron.buckton@microsoft.com> rbuckton  <rbuckton@chronicles.org>
-Rostislav Galimsky  <rostgal@gmail.com>
-Richard Knoll <riknoll@users.noreply.github.com> Richard Knoll <riknoll@microsoft.com>
-Richard Karmazín  <richard@karmazin.cz>
-Rowan Wyborn <rwyborn@internode.on.net>
-Ryan Cavanaugh <RyanCavanaugh@users.noreply.github.com> Ryan Cavanaugh <ryan.cavanaugh@microsoft.com> Ryan Cavanaugh <ryanca@microsoft.com> Ryan Cavanaugh  <the.ryan.cavanaugh@gmail.com>
-Ryohei Ikegami <iofg2100@gmail.com>
-Sarangan Rajamanickam <sarajama@microsoft.com>
-Sébastien Arod <sebastien.arod@gmail.com>
-Sergey Shandar  <sergey-shandar@users.noreply.github.com>
-chico  <chi187@gmail.com> # Sergey Rubanov
-Sheetal Nandi <shkamat@microsoft.com>
-Shengping Zhong <zhongsp@users.noreply.github.com>
-shyyko.serhiy@gmail.com <shyyko.serhiy@gmail.com> # Shyyko Serhiy
-Sam El-Husseini  <samelh@microsoft.com>
-Simon Hürlimann <simon.huerlimann@cyt.ch>
-Slawomir Sadziak  <slsadzia@microsoft.com>
-Solal Pirelli <solal.pirelli@gmail.com>
-Soo Jae Hwang  <misoguy1985@gmail.com>
-Stan Thomas <stmsdn@norvil.net>
-Stanislav Sysoev <d4rkr00t@gmail.com>
-Steve Lucco <steveluc@users.noreply.github.com> steveluc <steveluc@microsoft.com>
-Sudheesh Singanamalla  <sudheesh1995@outlook.com>
-Tarik <tarik@pushmote.com> # Tarik Ozket
-Tetsuharu OHZEKI <saneyuki.snyk@gmail.com> # Tetsuharu Ohzeki
-Tien Nguyen <tihoanh@microsoft.com> tien <hoanhtien@users.noreply.github.com> unknown <tihoanh@microsoft.com> #Tien Hoanhtien
-Tim Perry <pimterry@gmail.com>
-Tim Viiding-Spader <viispade@users.noreply.github.com>
-Tingan Ho <tingan87@gmail.com>
-togru <v3nomzxgt8@gmail.com> # togru
-Tomas Grubliauskas <tgrubliauskas@gmail.com>
-ToddThomson <achilles@telus.net> # Todd Thomson
-Torben Fitschen  <torben.fitschen@mayflower.de>
-TruongSinh Tran-Nguyen <i@truongsinh.pro>
-vilicvane <i@vilic.info> # Vilic Vane
-Vladimir Matveev <vladima@microsoft.com> vladima <vladima@microsoft.com> v2m <desco.by@gmail.com>
-Vadi Taslim  <vadz77@hotmail.com>
-Wesley Wigham <t-weswig@microsoft.com> Wesley Wigham <wwigham@gmail.com> Wesley Wigham  <wewigham@microsoft.com>
-York Yao <plantain-00@users.noreply.github.com> york yao <yaoao12306@outlook.com> yaoyao <yaoyao12306@163.com>
-Yuichi Nukiyama <oscar.wilde84@hotmail.co.jp> YuichiNukiyama <oscar.wilde84@hotmail.co.jp>
-Zev Spitz <shivisi@etrog.net.il>
-Zhengbo Li <zhengbli@microsoft.com> zhengbli <zhengbli@microsoft.com> Zhengbo Li <Zhengbo Li> Zhengbo Li <zhengbli@mirosoft.com> tinza123 <li.zhengbo@outlook.com> unknown <zhengbli@zhengblit430.redmond.corp.microsoft.com> Zhengbo Li <Zhengbo Li> zhengbli  <zhengli@microsoft.com>
-zhongsp <patrick.zhongsp@gmail.com> # Patrick Zhong
-T18970237136 <T18970237136@users.noreply.github.com> # @T18970237136
-JBerger <JBerger@melco.com>
-bootstraponline  <code@bootstraponline.com> # @bootstraponline
-yortus  <yortus@gmail.com> # @yortus
-András Parditka  <andraaspar@gmail.com>
-Anton Khlynovskiy  <subzey@gmail.com>
-Charly POLY  <cpoly55@gmail.com>
-Cotton Hou  <himcotton@gmail.com>
-Ethan Resnick  <ethan.resnick@gmail.com>
-Marius Schulz  <marius.schulz@me.com>
-Mattias Buelens  <mattias.buelens@gmail.com>
-Myles Megyesi  <mylesmegyesi@users.noreply.github.com>
-Tim Lancina  <tim@ionic.io>
-Aaron Holmes <aaron@aaronholmes.net> Aaron Holmes <aholmes@bltomato.com>
-Akshar Patel <akshar.patel.47@gmail.com>
-Ali Sabzevari <alisabzevari@gmail.com>
-Aliaksandr Radzivanovich <aradzivanovich@gmail.com>
-BuildTools <FranklinWhale@users.noreply.github.com> # Franklin Tse
-ChogyDan <danielhollocher@gmail.com> # Daniel Hollocher
-Daniel Rosenwasser <DanielRosenwasser@users.noreply.github.com> Daniel Rosenwasser <drosen@microsoft.com>
-DLehenbauer  <DLehenbauer@users.noreply.github.com> # Daniel Lehenbauer
-David Kmenta <david.kmenta@lmc.eu>
-E020873 <nicolas.henry-partner@arcelormittal.com> # Nicolas Henry
-Elisée Maurer <elisee@sparklinlabs.com>
-Emilio García-Pumarino <emili.tfe@gmail.com> dashaus <emili.tfe@gmail.com>
-Guilherme Oenning <me@goenning.net>
-Herrington Darkholme <nonamesheep1@gmail.com>
-Ivo Gabe de Wolff <ivogabe@ivogabe.nl>
-Joey Wilson <joey.wilson.a@gmail.com>
-Jonathon Smith <failing@crashdive.co.uk>
-Juan Luis Boya García <ntrrgc@gmail.com>
-Kagami Sascha Rosylight <saschanaz@outlook.com>
-Lucien Greathouse <me@lpghatguy.com>
-Martin Vseticka <vseticka.martin@gmail.com>
-Mattias Buelens <mattias.buelens@opentelly.com>
-Michael Bromley <michael@michaelbromley.co.uk>
-Paul Jolly <paul@myitcv.org.uk>
-Perry Jiang <jiangperry@gmail.com>
-Peter Burns <rictic@google.com>
-Robert Coie <rac@intrigue.com>
-Thomas Loubiou <t.loubiou@systonic.fr>
-Tim Perry <tim.perry@softwire.com>
-Vidar Tonaas Fauske <vidartf@gmail.com>
-Viktor Zozulyak <zozulyakviktor@gmail.com>
-rix <rix@rixs-MacBook-Pro.local> # Richard Sentino
-rohitverma007 <rohitverma@live.ca> # Rohit Verma
-rdosanjh  <me@rajdeep.io> # Raj Dosanjh
-gdh1995  <gdh1995@qq.com> # Dahan Gong
-cedvdb  <cedvandenbosch@gmail.com> # @cedvdb
-kpreisser  <kpreisser@users.noreply.github.com> # K. Preißer
-e-cloud  <saintscott119@gmail.com> # @e-cloud
-Andrew Casey  <amcasey@users.noreply.github.com> Andrew Casey  <andrew.casey@microsoft.com>
-Andrew Stegmaier  <andrew.stegmaier@gmail.com>
-Benny Neugebauer  <bn@bennyn.de>
-Blaine Bublitz  <blaine.bublitz@gmail.com>
-Charles Pierce  <cpierce.grad@gmail.com>
-Daniel Król  <daniel@krol.me>
-Diogo Franco (Kovensky)  <diogomfranco@gmail.com>
-Donald Pipowitch  <pipo@senaeh.de>
-Halasi Tamás  <trusted.tomato@gmail.com>
-Ika  <ikatyang@gmail.com>
-Joe Chung  <joechung@microsoft.com>
-Kate Miháliková  <kate@katemihalikova.cz>
-Mohsen Azimi  <mazimi@lyft.com>
-Noel Varanda  <ncwvaranda@gmail.com>
-Reiner Dolp  <reiner-dolp@users.noreply.github.com>
-t_  <t-mrt@users.noreply.github.com> # @t_
-TravCav  <xurrux@gmail.com> # @TravCav
-Vladimir Kurchatkin  <vladimir.kurchatkin@gmail.com>
-William Orr  <will@worrbase.com>
-Francois Wouts  <f@codonut.com>
-Jan Melcher  <jan.melcher@aeb.com> Jan Melcher  <mail@jan-melcher.de>
-Matt Mitchell  <mmitche@microsoft.com>
-Maxwell Paul Brickner  <mbrickn@users.noreply.github.com>
-Tycho Grouwstra  <tychogrouwstra@gmail.com>
-Adrian Leonhard  <adrianleonhard@gmail.com>
-Alex Chugaev  <achugaev93@gmail.com>
-Henry Mercer  <henry.mercer@me.com>
-Ivan Enderlin  <ivan.enderlin@hoa-project.net>
-Joe Calzaretta  <jcalz@mit.edu>
-Magnus Kulke  <mkulke@gmail.com>
-Stas Vilchik  <stas.vilchik@sonarsource.com>
-Taras Mankovski  <tarasm@gmail.com>
-Thomas den Hollander  <ThomasdenH@users.noreply.github.com>
-Vakhurin Sergey  <igelbox@gmail.com>
-Zeeshan Ahmed  <ziishaned@gmail.com>
-Orta  <orta.therox+github@gmail.com> # Orta Therox
-IdeaHunter  <admin@fckn.me> # @IdeaHunter
-kujon  <jakub.korzeniowski@gmail.com> # Jakub Korzeniowski
-Matt  <begincalendar@users.noreply.github.com> # @begincalendar
-meyer  <github.com@meyer.fm> # @meyer
-micbou  <contact@micbou.com> # @micbou
-Alan Agius  <alan.agius4@gmail.com>
-Alex Khomchenko  <akhomchenko@gmail.com>
-Oussama Ben Brahim  <benbraou@gmail.com> benbraou  <benbraou@users.noreply.github.com>
-Cameron Taggart  <cameron.taggart@gmail.com>
-Eugene Timokhov  <timocov@gmail.com>
-Kris Zyp  <kriszyp@gmail.com>
-Jing Ma  <mjingm87@qq.com>
-Martin Hiller  <martin.hiller88@gmail.com>
-Mike Morearty  <mmorearty@users.noreply.github.com>
-Priyantha Lankapura  <403912+lankaapura@users.noreply.github.com>
-Remo H. Jansen  <remo.jansen@wolksoftware.com>
-Sean Barag  <sjbarag@gmail.com>
-Sharon Rolel  <sharonrolel@gmail.com>
-Stanislav Iliev  <gigobest2@gmail.com>
-Wenlu Wang  <805037171@163.com> wenlu.wang  <805037171@163.com> kingwl  <805037171@163.com> 王文璐 <kingwenlu@gmail.com> 王文璐 <wenlu.wang@chaitin.com>
-Wilson Hobbs  <wilsonhobbs1@gmail.com>
-Yuval Greenfield  <ubershmekel@gmail.com>
-Daniel  <nieltg@users.noreply.github.com> # @nieltg
-Adnan Chowdhury  <bttf@users.noreply.github.com>
-Esakki Raj  <esakkiraj.tce@gmail.com>
-Jack Williams  <jw@jackw.io>
-Philippe Voinov  <philippevoinov@gmail.com>
-Stephan Ginthör  <26004708+Lazarus535@users.noreply.github.com>
-AdityaDaflapurkar  <adaflapurkar@gmail.com> # Aditya Daflapurkar
-Eric Grube  <grubee79@gmail.com>
-Martyn Janes  <martyn@obany.com>
-Ricardo N Feliciano  <FelicianoTech@gmail.com>
-Sergii Bezliudnyi  <serg.bezludny@gmail.com>
-Adrien Gibrat  <adrien.gibrat@gmail.com>
-Alex Ryan  <ialexryan@users.noreply.github.com>
-Alexader  <alexander.v.tarasyuk@gmail.com> Alexander T  <alexander.v.tarasyuk@gmail.com> # Alexander Tarasyuk
-Andrew Faulkner  <andfaulkner@gmail.com>
-Artem Tyurin  <artem.tyurin@uber.com>
-Brandon Slade  <brandonyoyoslade@gmail.com>
-Derek P Sifford  <dereksifford@gmail.com>
-Dhruv Rajvanshi  <dhruvrajvanshi@outlook.com>
-Holger Jeromin  <mailgithub@katur.de>
-Jordi Oliveras Rovira  <jordi.oliveras.rovira@gmail.com>
-Joscha Feth  <joscha@canva.com> Joscha Feth  <joscha@feth.com>
-Ken703  <bowden.kenny@gmail.com> # Bowden Kenny
-Kevin Donnelly  <kpdonn@users.noreply.github.com>
-Maarten Sijm  <M.P.Sijm@student.tudelft.nl>
-Paul Koerbitz  <paul.koerbitz@gmail.com>
-EcoleKeine  <Ecole_k@qq.com> # Ecole Keine
-Khải  <hvksmr1996@gmail.com>
-rhysd  <lin90162@yahoo.co.jp> # @rhysd
-Zen  <843968788@qq.com> Zzzen  <843968788@qq.com> # @Zzzen
-bluelovers  <codelovers@users.sourceforge.net> # @bluelovers
-Dan Freeman  <dfreeman@salsify.com>
-David Sherret  <dsherret@gmail.com>
-David Staheli  <dastahel@microsoft.com>
-Elizabeth Dinella  <elizabeth.a.dinella@gmail.com>
-John Doe  <github.john.doe@outlook.com>
-Kevin Gibbons  <kevin@shapesecurity.com>
-Markus Johnsson  <markus.johnsson@infviz.com>
-Martin Probst  <martin@probst.io>
-Mateusz Burzyński  <mateuszburzynski@gmail.com>
-Steven  <steven@ceriously.com> # @styfle
-Pi Lanningham  <pi.lanningham@gmail.com>
-Sam Bostock  <sam.bostock@shopify.com>
-Vimal Raghubir  <vraghubir0418@gmail.com>
-Vyacheslav Pukhanov  <vyacheslav.pukhanov@gmail.com>
-dangoo  <daniel.gooss@sinnerschrader.com> # Daniel Gooss
-krk  <keremkat@gmail.com> # Kerem Kat
-micnic  <micnic90@gmail.com> # Nicu Micleușanu
-rflorian  <rflorian@users.noreply.github.com> # @rflorian
diff --git a/AUTHORS.md b/AUTHORS.md
deleted file mode 100644
index e02b495d24240..0000000000000
--- a/AUTHORS.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,481 +0,0 @@
-TypeScript is authored by:
-
- - 0verk1ll
- - Abubaker Bashir
- - Adam Freidin
- - Adam Postma
- - Adi Dahiya
- - Aditya Daflapurkar
- - Adnan Chowdhury
- - Adrian Leonhard
- - Adrien Gibrat
- - Ahmad Farid
- - Ajay Poshak
- - Alan Agius
- - Alan Pierce
- - Alessandro Vergani
- - Alex Chugaev
- - Alex Eagle
- - Alex Khomchenko
- - Alex Ryan
- - Alexander
- - Alexander Kuvaev
- - Alexander Rusakov
- - Alexander Tarasyuk
- - Ali Sabzevari
- - Aluan Haddad
- - amaksimovich2
- - Anatoly Ressin
- - Anders Hejlsberg
- - Anders Kaseorg
- - Andre Sutherland
- - Andreas Martin
- - Andrej Baran
- - Andrew
- - Andrew Branch
- - Andrew Casey
- - Andrew Faulkner
- - Andrew Ochsner
- - Andrew Stegmaier
- - Andrew Z Allen
- - Andrey Roenko
- - Andrii Dieiev
- - András Parditka
- - Andy Hanson
- - Anil Anar
- - Anix
- - Anton Khlynovskiy
- - Anton Tolmachev
- - Anubha Mathur
- - AnyhowStep
- - Armando Aguirre
- - Arnaud Tournier
- - Arnav Singh
- - Arpad Borsos
- - Artem Tyurin
- - Arthur Ozga
- - Asad Saeeduddin
- - Austin Cummings
- - Avery Morin
- - Aziz Khambati
- - Basarat Ali Syed
- - @begincalendar
- - Ben Duffield
- - Ben Lichtman
- - Ben Mosher
- - Benedikt Meurer
- - Benjamin Bock
- - Benjamin Lichtman
- - Benny Neugebauer
- - BigAru
- - Bill Ticehurst
- - Blaine Bublitz
- - Blake Embrey
- - @bluelovers
- - @bootstraponline
- - Bowden Kelly
- - Bowden Kenny
- - Brad Zacher
- - Brandon Banks
- - Brandon Bloom
- - Brandon Slade
- - Brendan Kenny
- - Brett Mayen
- - Brian Terlson
- - Bryan Forbes
- - Caitlin Potter
- - Caleb Sander
- - Cameron Taggart
- - @cedvdb
- - Charles
- - Charles Pierce
- - Charly POLY
- - Chris Bubernak
- - Chris Patterson
- - christian
- - Christophe Vidal
- - Chuck Jazdzewski
- - Clay Miller
- - Colby Russell
- - Colin Snover
- - Collins Abitekaniza
- - Connor Clark
- - Cotton Hou
- - csigs
- - Cyrus Najmabadi
- - Dafrok Zhang
- - Dahan Gong
- - Daiki Nishikawa
- - Dan Corder
- - Dan Freeman
- - Dan Quirk
- - Dan Rollo
- - Daniel Gooss
- - Daniel Imms
- - Daniel Krom
- - Daniel Król
- - Daniel Lehenbauer
- - Daniel Rosenwasser
- - David Li
- - David Sheldrick
- - David Sherret
- - David Souther
- - David Staheli
- - Denis Nedelyaev
- - Derek P Sifford
- - Dhruv Rajvanshi
- - Dick van den Brink
- - Diogo Franco (Kovensky)
- - Dirk Bäumer
- - Dirk Holtwick
- - Dmitrijs Minajevs
- - Dom Chen
- - Donald Pipowitch
- - Doug Ilijev
- - dreamran43@gmail.com
- - @e-cloud
- - Ecole Keine
- - Eddie Jaoude
- - Edward Thomson
- - EECOLOR
- - Eli Barzilay
- - Elizabeth Dinella
- - Ely Alamillo
- - Eric Grube
- - Eric Tsang
- - Erik Edrosa
- - Erik McClenney
- - Esakki Raj
- - Ethan Resnick
- - Ethan Rubio
- - Eugene Timokhov
- - Evan Cahill
- - Evan Martin
- - Evan Sebastian
- - ExE Boss
- - Eyas Sharaiha
- - Fabian Cook
- - @falsandtru
- - Filipe Silva
- - @flowmemo
- - Forbes Lindesay
- - Francois Hendriks
- - Francois Wouts
- - Frank Wallis
- - František Žiacik
- - Frederico Bittencourt
- - fullheightcoding
- - Gabe Moothart
- - Gabriel Isenberg
- - Gabriela Araujo Britto
- - Gabriela Britto
- - Gao Sheng
- - gb714us
- - Gilad Peleg
- - Godfrey Chan
- - Gorka Hernández Estomba
- - Graeme Wicksted
- - Guillaume Salles
- - Guy Bedford
- - hafiz
- - Halasi Tamás
- - Hendrik Liebau
- - Henry Mercer
- - Herrington Darkholme
- - Hoang Pham
- - Holger Jeromin
- - Homa Wong
- - Hye Sung Jung
- - Iain Monro
- - @IdeaHunter
- - Igor Novozhilov
- - Igor Oleinikov
- - Ika
- - iliashkolyar
- - IllusionMH
- - Ingvar Stepanyan
- - Ingvar Stepanyan
- - Isiah Meadows
- - ispedals
- - Ivan Enderlin
- - Ivo Gabe de Wolff
- - Iwata Hidetaka
- - Jack Bates
- - Jack Williams
- - Jake Boone
- - Jakub Korzeniowski
- - Jakub Młokosiewicz
- - James Henry
- - James Keane
- - James Whitney
- - Jan Melcher
- - Jason Freeman
- - Jason Jarrett
- - Jason Killian
- - Jason Ramsay
- - JBerger
- - Jean Pierre
- - Jed Mao
- - Jeff Wilcox
- - Jeffrey Morlan
- - Jesse Schalken
- - Jesse Trinity
- - Jing Ma
- - Jiri Tobisek
- - Joe Calzaretta
- - Joe Chung
- - Joel Day
- - Joey Watts
- - Johannes Rieken
- - John Doe
- - John Vilk
- - Jonathan Bond-Caron
- - Jonathan Park
- - Jonathan Toland
- - Jordan Harband
- - Jordi Oliveras Rovira
- - Joscha Feth
- - Joseph Wunderlich
- - Josh Abernathy
- - Josh Goldberg
- - Josh Kalderimis
- - Josh Soref
- - Juan Luis Boya García
- - Julian Williams
- - Justin Bay
- - Justin Johansson
- - jwbay
- - K. Preißer
- - Kagami Sascha Rosylight
- - Kanchalai Tanglertsampan
- - karthikkp
- - Kate Miháliková
- - Keen Yee Liau
- - Keith Mashinter
- - Ken Howard
- - Kenji Imamula
- - Kerem Kat
- - Kevin Donnelly
- - Kevin Gibbons
- - Kevin Lang
- - Khải
- - Kitson Kelly
- - Klaus Meinhardt
- - Kris Zyp
- - Kyle Kelley
- - Kārlis Gaņģis
- - laoxiong
- - Leon Aves
- - Limon Monte
- - Lorant Pinter
- - Lucien Greathouse
- - Luka Hartwig
- - Lukas Elmer
- - M.Yoshimura
- - Maarten Sijm
- - Magnus Hiie
- - Magnus Kulke
- - Manish Bansal
- - Manish Giri
- - Marcus Noble
- - Marin Marinov
- - Marius Schulz
- - Markus Johnsson
- - Markus Wolf
- - Martin
- - Martin Hiller
- - Martin Johns
- - Martin Probst
- - Martin Vseticka
- - Martyn Janes
- - Masahiro Wakame
- - Mateusz Burzyński
- - Matt Bierner
- - Matt McCutchen
- - Matt Mitchell
- - Matthew Aynalem
- - Matthew Miller
- - Mattias Buelens
- - Max Heiber
- - Maxwell Paul Brickner
- - @meyer
- - Micah Zoltu
- - @micbou
- - Michael
- - Michael Crane
- - Michael Henderson
- - Michael Tamm
- - Michael Tang
- - Michal Przybys
- - Mike Busyrev
- - Mike Morearty
- - Milosz Piechocki
- - Mine Starks
- - Minh Nguyen
- - Mohamed Hegazy
- - Mohsen Azimi
- - Mukesh Prasad
- - Myles Megyesi
- - Nathan Day
- - Nathan Fenner
- - Nathan Shively-Sanders
- - Nathan Yee
- - ncoley
- - Nicholas Yang
- - Nicu Micleușanu
- - @nieltg
- - Nima Zahedi
- - Noah Chen
- - Noel Varanda
- - Noel Yoo
- - Noj Vek
- - nrcoley
- - Nuno Arruda
- - Oleg Mihailik
- - Oleksandr Chekhovskyi
- - Omer Sheikh
- - Orta Therox
- - Orta Therox
- - Oskar Grunning
- - Oskar Segersva¨rd
- - Oussama Ben Brahim
- - Ozair Patel
- - Patrick McCartney
- - Patrick Zhong
- - Paul Koerbitz
- - Paul van Brenk
- - @pcbro
- - Pedro Maltez
- - Pete Bacon Darwin
- - Peter Burns
- - Peter Šándor
- - Philip Pesca
- - Philippe Voinov
- - Pi Lanningham
- - Piero Cangianiello
- - Pierre-Antoine Mills
- - @piloopin
- - Pranav Senthilnathan
- - Prateek Goel
- - Prateek Nayak
- - Prayag Verma
- - Priyantha Lankapura
- - @progre
- - Punya Biswal
- - r7kamura
- - Rado Kirov
- - Raj Dosanjh
- - rChaser53
- - Reiner Dolp
- - Remo H. Jansen
- - @rflorian
- - Rhys van der Waerden
- - @rhysd
- - Ricardo N Feliciano
- - Richard Karmazín
- - Richard Knoll
- - Roger Spratley
- - Ron Buckton
- - Rostislav Galimsky
- - Rowan Wyborn
- - rpgeeganage
- - Ruwan Pradeep Geeganage
- - Ryan Cavanaugh
- - Ryan Clarke
- - Ryohei Ikegami
- - Salisbury, Tom
- - Sam Bostock
- - Sam Drugan
- - Sam El-Husseini
- - Sam Lanning
- - Sangmin Lee
- - Sanket Mishra
- - Sarangan Rajamanickam
- - Sasha Joseph
- - Sean Barag
- - Sergey Rubanov
- - Sergey Shandar
- - Sergey Tychinin
- - Sergii Bezliudnyi
- - Sergio Baidon
- - Sharon Rolel
- - Sheetal Nandi
- - Shengping Zhong
- - Sheon Han
- - Shyyko Serhiy
- - Siddharth Singh
- - sisisin
- - Slawomir Sadziak
- - Solal Pirelli
- - Soo Jae Hwang
- - Stan Thomas
- - Stanislav Iliev
- - Stanislav Sysoev
- - Stas Vilchik
- - Stephan Ginthör
- - Steve Lucco
- - @styfle
- - Sudheesh Singanamalla
- - Suhas
- - Suhas Deshpande
- - superkd37
- - Sébastien Arod
- - @T18970237136
- - @t_
- - Tan Li Hau
- - Tapan Prakash
- - Taras Mankovski
- - Tarik Ozket
- - Tetsuharu Ohzeki
- - The Gitter Badger
- - Thomas den Hollander
- - Thorsten Ball
- - Tien Hoanhtien
- - Tim Lancina
- - Tim Perry
- - Tim Schaub
- - Tim Suchanek
- - Tim Viiding-Spader
- - Tingan Ho
- - Titian Cernicova-Dragomir
- - tkondo
- - Todd Thomson
- - togru
- - Tom J
- - Torben Fitschen
- - Toxyxer
- - @TravCav
- - Troy Tae
- - TruongSinh Tran-Nguyen
- - Tycho Grouwstra
- - uhyo
- - Vadi Taslim
- - Vakhurin Sergey
- - Valera Rozuvan
- - Vilic Vane
- - Vimal Raghubir
- - Vladimir Kurchatkin
- - Vladimir Matveev
- - Vyacheslav Pukhanov
- - Wenlu Wang
- - Wes Souza
- - Wesley Wigham
- - William Orr
- - Wilson Hobbs
- - xiaofa
- - xl1
- - Yacine Hmito
- - Yang Cao
- - York Yao
- - @yortus
- - Yoshiki Shibukawa
- - Yuichi Nukiyama
- - Yuval Greenfield
- - Yuya Tanaka
- - Z
- - Zeeshan Ahmed
- - Zev Spitz
- - Zhengbo Li
- - Zixiang Li
- - @Zzzen
- - 阿卡琳
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f6916681b4aec..24fa9d8e72b34 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
         "./bin",
         "./lib",
         "!./lib/enu",
-        "./AUTHORS.md",
         "./LICENSE.txt",
         "./README.md",
         "./SECURITY.md",
diff --git a/scripts/authors.ts b/scripts/authors.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 3c7fe985dff3a..0000000000000
--- a/scripts/authors.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,197 +0,0 @@
-import * as fs from "fs";
-import * as path from "path";
-import * as childProcess from "child_process";
-
-interface Author {
-    displayNames: string[];
-    preferredName?: string;
-    emails: string[];
-}
-
-interface AuthorMap {
-    [s: string]: Author
-}
-
-interface Command {
-    (...arg: string[]): void;
-    description?: string;
-}
-
-const mailMapPath = path.resolve(__dirname, "../.mailmap");
-const authorsPath = path.resolve(__dirname, "../AUTHORS.md");
-
-function getKnownAuthors(): Author[] {
-    const segmentRegExp = /\s?([^<]+)\s+<([^>]+)>/g;
-    const preferredNameRegeExp = /\s?#\s?([^#]+)$/;
-    const knownAuthors: Author[] = [];
-
-    if (!fs.existsSync(mailMapPath)) {
-        throw new Error(`Could not load known users form .mailmap file at: ${mailMapPath}`);
-    }
-
-    const mailMap = fs.readFileSync(mailMapPath).toString();
-
-    for (const line of mailMap.split("\r\n")) {
-        const author: Author = { displayNames: [], emails: [] };
-        let match: RegExpMatchArray | null;
-
-        while (match = segmentRegExp.exec(line)) {
-            author.displayNames.push(match[1]);
-            author.emails.push(match[2]);
-        }
-        if (match = preferredNameRegeExp.exec(line)) {
-            author.preferredName = match[1];
-        }
-        if (!author.emails) continue;
-        knownAuthors.push(author);
-        if (line.indexOf("#") > 0 && !author.preferredName) {
-            throw new Error("Could not match preferred name for: " + line);
-        }
-        // console.log("===> line: " + line);
-        // console.log(JSON.stringify(author, undefined, 2));
-    }
-    return knownAuthors;
-}
-
-function getAuthorName(author: Author) {
-    return author.preferredName || author.displayNames[0];
-}
-
-function getKnownAuthorMaps() {
-    const knownAuthors = getKnownAuthors();
-    const authorsByName: AuthorMap = {};
-    const authorsByEmail: AuthorMap = {};
-    knownAuthors.forEach(author => {
-        author.displayNames.forEach(n => authorsByName[n] = author);
-        author.emails.forEach(e => authorsByEmail[e.toLocaleLowerCase()] = author);
-    });
-    return {
-        knownAuthors,
-        authorsByName,
-        authorsByEmail
-    };
-}
-
-function deduplicate<T>(array: T[]): T[] {
-    const result: T[] = [];
-    if (array) {
-        for (const item of array) {
-            if (result.indexOf(item) < 0) {
-                result.push(item);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    return result;
-}
-
-function log(s: string) {
-    console.log(`   ${s}`);
-}
-
-function sortAuthors(a: string, b: string) {
-    if (a.charAt(0) === "@") a = a.substr(1);
-    if (b.charAt(0) === "@") b = b.substr(1);
-    if (a.toLocaleLowerCase() < b.toLocaleLowerCase()) {
-        return -1;
-    }
-    else {
-        return 1;
-    }
-}
-
-namespace Commands {
-    export const writeAuthors: Command = () => {
-        const output = deduplicate(getKnownAuthors().map(getAuthorName).filter(a => !!a)).sort(sortAuthors).join("\r\n* ");
-        fs.writeFileSync(authorsPath, "TypeScript is authored by:\r\n* " + output);
-    };
-    writeAuthors.description = "Write known authors to AUTHORS.md file.";
-
-    export const listKnownAuthors: Command = () => {
-        deduplicate(getKnownAuthors().map(getAuthorName)).filter(a => !!a).sort(sortAuthors).forEach(log);
-    };
-    listKnownAuthors.description = "List known authors as listed in .mailmap file.";
-
-
-
-    export const listAuthors: Command = (...specs: string[]) => {
-        const cmd = "git shortlog -se " + specs.join(" ");
-        console.log(cmd);
-        const outputRegExp = /\d+\s+([^<]+)<([^>]+)>/;
-        const authors: { name: string, email: string, knownAuthor?: Author }[] = [];
-        const {output: [error, stdout, stderr]} = childProcess.spawnSync(`git`, ["shortlog", "-se", ...specs], { cwd: path.resolve(__dirname, "../") });
-        if (error) {
-            console.log(stderr!.toString());
-        }
-        else {
-            const output = stdout!.toString();
-            const lines = output.split("\n");
-            lines.forEach(line => {
-                if (line) {
-                    let match: RegExpExecArray | null;
-                    if (match = outputRegExp.exec(line)) {
-                        authors.push({ name: match[1], email: match[2] });
-                    }
-                    else {
-                        throw new Error("Could not parse output: " + line);
-                    }
-                }
-            });
-
-            const maps = getKnownAuthorMaps();
-
-            const lookupAuthor = ({name, email}: { name: string, email: string }) => {
-                return maps.authorsByEmail[email.toLocaleLowerCase()] || maps.authorsByName[name];
-            };
-
-            const knownAuthors = authors
-                .map(lookupAuthor)
-                .filter(a => !!a)
-                .map(getAuthorName);
-
-            const unknownAuthors = authors
-                .filter(a => !lookupAuthor(a))
-                .map(a => `${a.name} <${a.email}>`);
-
-            if (knownAuthors.length) {
-                console.log("\r\n");
-                console.log("Found known authors: ");
-                console.log("=====================");
-                deduplicate(knownAuthors).sort(sortAuthors).forEach(log);
-            }
-
-            if (unknownAuthors.length) {
-                console.log("\r\n");
-                console.log("Found unknown authors: ");
-                console.log("=====================");
-                deduplicate(unknownAuthors).sort(sortAuthors).forEach(log);
-            }
-
-
-            const allAuthors = deduplicate([...knownAuthors, ...unknownAuthors].map(a => a.split("<")[0].trim())).sort(sortAuthors);
-            if (allAuthors.length) {
-                console.log("\r\n");
-                console.log("Revised Authors.md: ");
-                console.log("=====================");
-                allAuthors.forEach(name => console.log(" - " + name));
-            }
-
-        }
-    };
-    listAuthors.description = "List known and unknown authors for a given spec, e.g. 'node authors.js listAuthors origin/release-2.6..origin/release-2.7'";
-}
-
-const args = process.argv.slice(2);
-if (args.length < 1) {
-    console.log("Usage: node authors.js [command]");
-    console.log("List of commands: ");
-    Object.keys(Commands).forEach(k => console.log(`     ${k}: ${(Commands as any)[k].description}`));
-}
-else {
-    const cmd: Function = (Commands as any)[args[0]];
-    if (cmd === undefined) {
-        console.log("Unknown command " + args[1]);
-    }
-    else {
-        cmd.apply(undefined, args.slice(1));
-    }
-}