From: Shawn Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 02:54:21 GMT
Subject: Re: What's in git.git (stable)
Message-ID: <20061216025421.GB19636@spearce.org>
In-Reply-To: <7vslfgomdg.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> wrote:
> Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se> writes:
> 
> > Shawn Pearce wrote:
> >>
> >> About the only trouble that can cause is a failed push when
> >> git-receive-pack needs to generate the reflog entry but cannot
> >> get the user's committer data because their gecos information
> >> doesn't exist.
> >
> > In that case, it would be best if it let the commit go through using
> > only the username. Reflogs are fixable afterwards, so there's no real
> > harm done.
> 
> This sounds sensible, regardless of the current discussion on
> the default 'logallrefupdates' setting.
> 
> Volunteers?

Its a good idea.  I'll do it later tonight, after dinner.

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