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[PATCH] Change from using email.com to example.com as example domain, as per RFC 2606.

From
David Symonds <dsymonds@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 6, 2007, 23:36 UTC
Message-ID
<11969842052283-git-send-email-dsymonds@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David Symonds <dsymonds@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/SubmittingPatches |    2 +-
 ident.c                         |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
index 83bf54c..d234c8d 100644
--- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
+++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Checklist (and a short version for the impatient):
 	- the first line of the commit message should be a short
 	  description and should skip the full stop
 	- if you want your work included in git.git, add a
-	  "Signed-off-by: Your Name <your@email.com>" line to the
+	  "Signed-off-by: Your Name <your@example.com>" line to the
 	  commit message (or just use the option "-s" when
 	  committing) to confirm that you agree to the Developer's
 	  Certificate of Origin
diff --git a/ident.c b/ident.c
index 07b4998..7631698 100644
--- a/ident.c
+++ b/ident.c
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ static const char *env_hint =
 "\n"
 "Run\n"
 "\n"
-"  git config --global user.email \"you@email.com\"\n"
+"  git config --global user.email \"you@example.com\"\n"
 "  git config --global user.name \"Your Name\"\n"
 "\n"
 "to set your account\'s default identity.\n"
-- 
1.5.3.1
Next: Mike Hommey
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  1. Change from using email.com to example.com as example domain, as per RFC 2606.David Symonds, Dec 6, 2007
  2. Mike HommeyDec 7, 2007

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