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Re: [PATCH 4/4] ident: do not ignore empty config name/email

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Feb 24, 2017, 04:18 UTC
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On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 08:11:11PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> > So I dunno. I could really go either way on it. Feel free to drop it, or
> > even move it into a separate topic to be cooked longer.
> 
> If it were 5 years ago, it would have been different, but I do not
> think cooking it longer in 'next' would smoke out breakages in
> obscure scripts any longer.  Git is used by too many people who have
> never seen its source these days.

Yeah, I have noticed that, too. I wonder if it would be interesting to cut "weeklies" or something of "master" or even "next" that people could install with a single click.

Of course it's not like we have a binary installer in the first place, so I guess that's a prerequisite.

-Peff
Previous: Junio C HamanoNext: Dennis Kaarsemaker
Message 10 of 13 in “possible bug: inconsistent CLI behaviour for empty user.name”
  1. bs.x.ttp@recursor.netFeb 3, 2017
  2. Jeff KingFeb 23, 2017
  3. 2/4 ident: handle NULL email when complaining of empty nameJeff King, Feb 23, 2017
  4. 1/4 ident: mark error messages for translationJeff King, Feb 23, 2017
  5. 3/4 ident: reject all-crud ident nameJeff King, Feb 23, 2017
  6. 4/4 ident: do not ignore empty config name/emailJeff King, Feb 23, 2017
  7. Junio C HamanoFeb 23, 2017
  8. Jeff KingFeb 24, 2017
  9. Junio C HamanoFeb 24, 2017
  10. Jeff KingFeb 24, 2017
  11. Dennis KaarsemakerFeb 27, 2017
  12. Junio C HamanoFeb 27, 2017
  13. Christian CouderFeb 28, 2017

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