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Re: Git Rebase blows away GIT_AUTHOR_NAME

From
TATor Arntsen <tor@spacetec.no>
Date
Jan 14, 2011, 16:21 UTC
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On 14/01/2011 17:13, Erik Faye-Lund wrote:
> I think Tor pointed out that he knew a swede with his full legal name
> to be only one letter long. I would suppose that meant that he didn't
> have a surename?

Exactly. He didn't. Bank printouts etc. would only have that single letter, he didn't use a nickname - that letter was his legal name.

As for the rest of the world - I don't think the first name/last name combo (almost) everyone in the west use is necessarily a universal rule.

-Tor
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Message 26 of 30 in “Git Rebase blows away GIT_AUTHOR_NAME”
  1. JT OldsJan 12, 2011
  2. Jeff KingJan 12, 2011
  3. JT OldsJan 13, 2011
  4. JT OldsJan 13, 2011
  5. Erik Faye-LundJan 13, 2011
  6. JT OldsJan 13, 2011
  7. Erik Faye-LundJan 13, 2011
  8. Tor ArntsenJan 14, 2011
  9. Erik Faye-LundJan 14, 2011
  10. Tor ArntsenJan 14, 2011
  11. Erik Faye-LundJan 14, 2011
  12. JT OldsJan 14, 2011
  13. Linus TorvaldsJan 14, 2011
  14. Erik Faye-LundJan 14, 2011
  15. Jeff KingJan 14, 2011
  16. Erik Faye-LundJan 14, 2011
  17. Jeff KingJan 14, 2011
  18. Jay SoffianJan 14, 2011
  19. Junio C HamanoJan 14, 2011
  20. Jeff KingJan 14, 2011
  21. Junio C HamanoJan 14, 2011
  22. Jeff KingJan 17, 2011
  23. Erik Faye-LundJan 17, 2011
  24. JT OldsJan 18, 2011
  25. Jay SoffianJan 19, 2011
  26. Tor ArntsenJan 14, 2011
  27. Erik Faye-LundJan 14, 2011
  28. Linus TorvaldsJan 14, 2011
  29. Erik Faye-LundJan 14, 2011
  30. Jeff KingJan 13, 2011

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