Re: What is missing from Git v2.0

From: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date: Apr 24, 2014, 18:25 UTC
Message-ID: <5359572b40d4f_3241f112ecf6@nysa.notmuch>
In-Reply-To: <CALbm-Ea4oAQ+JsYu6Zo06ONMbtp8AhgFqDC485BRKsM36EVQXw@mail.gmail.com>

Stefan Beller wrote:

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> I may have missunderstood.
> 
> So today you cannot commit if you don't provide an email address
> (usually the first time you try to commit, git asks to "git config
> --global author.email=<you@mail.here>"), if I remember correctly, so
> there is definitely a valid (i.e. user approved) email address.

That's not true, that's only the case if you don't have a fully qualified hostname, like 'localhost', but if you do, like localhost.redhat, then Git assumes your email is user@localhost.redhat, and it's valid.

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Felipe Contreras

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