Apparently reStructuredText needs backticks here. Maybe the leading
dot confuses it.
Occasionally names or email addresses used when committing to the VCS
will go out of date. Some VCSs have a built-in method of dealing with
-this (e.g. Git's .mailmap_). For those without such a VCS, you can
+this (e.g. Git's `.mailmap`_). For those without such a VCS, you can
add an `aliases`` section to your config file, where the option names
are the canonical name of the ...?. For example::