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Re: RFD: fast-import is picky with author names (and maybe it should - but how much so?)

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Nov 12, 2012, 21:41 UTC
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On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 07:48:14PM +0100, Felipe Contreras wrote:
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> >   3. Exporters should not use it if they have any broken-down
> >      representation at all. Even knowing that the first half is a human
> >      name and the second half is something else would give it a better
> >      shot at cleaning than fast-import would get.
> 
> I'm not sure what you mean by this. If they have name and email, then
> sure, it's easy.
But not as easy as just printing it. What if you have this:
  name="Peff <angle brackets> King"
  email="<peff@peff.net>"

Concatenating them does not produce a valid git author name. Sending the concatenation through fast-import's cleanup function would lose information (namely, the location of the boundary between name and email).

Similarly, one might have other structured data (e.g., CVS username) where the structure is a useful hint, but some conversion to name+email is still necessary.

-Peff
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Message 15 of 24 in “RFD: fast-import is picky with author names (and maybe it should - but how much so?)”
  1. Michael J GruberNov 2, 2012
  2. Michael J GruberNov 2, 2012
  3. Jeff KingNov 8, 2012
  4. Michael J GruberNov 9, 2012
  5. Felipe ContrerasNov 9, 2012
  6. Michael J GruberNov 10, 2012
  7. Felipe ContrerasNov 10, 2012
  8. A Large Angry SCMNov 10, 2012
  9. Felipe ContrerasNov 11, 2012
  10. A Large Angry SCMNov 11, 2012
  11. Jeff KingNov 11, 2012
  12. Felipe ContrerasNov 11, 2012
  13. Jeff KingNov 11, 2012
  14. Felipe ContrerasNov 11, 2012
  15. Jeff KingNov 12, 2012
  16. Felipe ContrerasNov 12, 2012
  17. Michael J GruberNov 13, 2012
  18. Felipe ContrerasNov 13, 2012
  19. A Large Angry SCMNov 11, 2012
  20. Felipe ContrerasNov 11, 2012
  21. A Large Angry SCMNov 11, 2012
  22. Felipe ContrerasNov 11, 2012
  23. Junio C HamanoNov 12, 2012
  24. Felipe ContrerasNov 12, 2012

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