Re: Git Rebase blows away GIT_AUTHOR_NAME

> Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> 
> > So we should probably do one or both of:
> >
> >   1. Make an --allow-any-name option to mailinfo, and use it when we
> >      invoke mailinfo internally for rebasing. That still doesn't solve
> >      the emailed patch problem, but at least keeps purely internal
> >      operations sane.
> >
> >   2. Bump the check up to git-commit time, which is the best place to
> >      catch and tell somebody that their name is too short, because they
> >      can actually fix it.
> >
> > Even if we dropped the check now, option (2) is still useful, because
> > you have no idea which version of git the other end will use to apply
> > your patch.
> 
> I am perfectly Ok with making the check looser in "am" when $rebasing is
> in effect.  Wouldn't that solve the issue?