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Re: [Savannah-users] Anonymous commit (empty Author and Committer)

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BBBalaco Baco <balacobaco@imap.cc>
Date
Oct 30, 2015, 15:39 UTC
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> > See 
> > http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/grub.git/commit/?id=206676601eb853fc3
> 19df14cd3398fbdfde665ac
> >
> >
> > 
> > 
> > I was not even aware that this is possible. Is there anything on 
> > server side that can prevent it?
> > 
> > Would be good if commit were amended and force pushed to fix it.
> > 
> > 
> 
> Is this even a problem? I'm pretty sure Git warns you if you try to
> commit something before user.name and user.email are defined, and if
> someone wants to do so, I don't see why you should try to stop them.
> It wouldn't work, anyway; they would just write some simple name like
> "anonymous" and some nonsense email if they really want to be anonymous.
> 
This commit just removed a line from the README:

"Please look at the GRUB Wiki <http://grub.enbug.org> for testing-procedures."

Is this change something that may justify that it's-not-me-there action? I agree that it should not be prevented to avoid some pressure situations that might be (eventually) present. Bogus random data there would be harder to track. The empty fields are easy, and if it guarantees some safety to whoever does it, should be the choice.

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Message 4 of 15 in “Anonymous commit (empty Author and Committer)”
  1. Andrei BorzenkovOct 30, 2015
  2. Konstantin KhomoutovOct 30, 2015
  3. Jeff KingOct 30, 2015
  4. Balaco BacoOct 30, 2015
  5. Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' SerbinenkoOct 30, 2015
  6. Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' SerbinenkoOct 30, 2015
  7. Lennart SorensenOct 30, 2015
  8. Kaz KylhekuOct 30, 2015
  9. Andreas SchwabOct 31, 2015
  10. Andrei BorzenkovOct 31, 2015
  11. Andrei BorzenkovOct 31, 2015
  12. Lennart SorensenNov 2, 2015
  13. Kaz KylhekuNov 2, 2015
  14. Junio C HamanoNov 2, 2015
  15. Andrei BorzenkovOct 31, 2015

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