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Pseudonymous commits

From
Mike.lifeguard <mike.lifeguard@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 25, 2010, 03:57 UTC
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<4BAADF34.3080806@gmail.com>
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Hi,

Git gives attribution by a "name" and an "email" - however several contributors I work with are uncomfortable giving that information. I can easily use a pseudonym (I do so for myself), but is there any way to not have an email? Or shall I just use "not@real.email"?

While on the subject, I'm curious why name+email was decided upon for attribution, instead of name + optional-email + optional-URL or something that might provide additional information or useful metadata.

Thanks,
- -Mike
PS, I still have a question about git-svn & splitting repos with
filter-branch under subject "dcommit-ing from a split repo"
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