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Re: Pseudonymous commits

From
Avery Pennarun <apenwarr@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 25, 2010, 05:14 UTC
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On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 1:00 AM, Mike.lifeguard <mike.lifeguard@gmail.com> wrote:

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> On 10-03-25 01:54 AM, Kris Shannon wrote:
>> Accountability for translations is even more important because review is
>> usually a LOT harder.
>
> I didn't say the translations weren't reviewed, or the translators were
> unaccountable. They are in both cases.

I think the point is that if you don't even have contact information for them, they can't *really* be accountable. But of course that's up to you.

> In any case, is the answer "git can't do that" or not? Because that's
> actually the answer I'm interested in.

Every committer (and author) in git has a (nonempty, I think) name and an email address, and that's how you identify the committer (and author). What you do with those fields is between you and your project maintainer.

Have fun,
Avery
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  1. Mike.lifeguardMar 25, 2010
  2. Theodore TsoMar 25, 2010
  3. Mike.lifeguardMar 25, 2010
  4. Kris ShannonMar 25, 2010
  5. Mike.lifeguardMar 25, 2010
  6. Avery PennarunMar 25, 2010
  7. Alex RiesenMar 25, 2010
  8. Santi BéjarMar 25, 2010
  9. Nicolas PitreMar 25, 2010
  10. Mike.lifeguardMar 25, 2010
  11. Nicolas PitreMar 25, 2010
  12. Chris PackhamMar 25, 2010
  13. Jakub NarebskiMar 25, 2010

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