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[PATCH] fast-import docs: LT is valid in email, GT is not

From
Mark Lodato <lodatom@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 24, 2010, 00:45 UTC
Message-ID
<1272069944-20626-1-git-send-email-lodatom@gmail.com>

In git-fast-import(1), fix a mistake that said LT and LF were the invalid characters in email addresses. This should have been GT and LF, since the GT ends the email address and LF ends the command.

Signed-off-by: Mark Lodato <lodatom@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/git-fast-import.txt |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
index 19082b0..6dcd583 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ Here `<name>` is the person's display name (for example
 and greater-than (\x3e) symbols.  These are required to delimit
 the email address from the other fields in the line.  Note that
 `<name>` is free-form and may contain any sequence of bytes, except
-`LT` and `LF`.  It is typically UTF-8 encoded.
+`GT` and `LF`.  It is typically UTF-8 encoded.
 
 The time of the change is specified by `<when>` using the date format
 that was selected by the \--date-format=<fmt> command line option.
-- 
1.7.0.2
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  1. fast-import docs: LT is valid in email, GT is notMark Lodato, Apr 24, 2010
  2. fsck: check ident lines in commit objectsJonathan Nieder, Apr 24, 2010
  3. Jonathan NiederApr 24, 2010
  4. Shawn O. PearceApr 24, 2010
  5. 0/2 fast-import: tighten up parsing ident lineJonathan Nieder, Apr 24, 2010
  6. 1/2 fast-import: be strict about formatting of raw datesJonathan Nieder, Apr 24, 2010
  7. 2/2 fast-import: validate entire ident stringJonathan Nieder, Apr 24, 2010
  8. Shawn O. PearceApr 26, 2010
  9. Jonathan NiederApr 26, 2010
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  11. Junio C HamanoMay 4, 2010
  12. Jonathan NiederApr 24, 2010
  13. Mark LodatoApr 24, 2010

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