Re: What's in git.git (stable)

From: Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>
Date: Dec 14, 2006, 21:55 UTC
Message-ID: <4581C83A.10907@op5.se>
In-Reply-To: <20061214200245.GP1747@spearce.org>

Shawn Pearce wrote:

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> 
> 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.

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