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Git commit amend empty emails

From
SSimon <simonzack@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 10, 2014, 13:17 UTC
Message-ID
<548847EF.7080805@gmail.com>
Git is having empty email problems I think, I'm on git v2.1.3.
Steps to reproduce:
     $ git init
     Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/test_git/.git/
     $ echo 'test' > abc
     $ git add --all 1 ↵
     $ git commit --message 'test'
     [master (root-commit) 3cc2793] test
      1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
      create mode 100644 abc
     $ echo 'test2' > abc
     $ git commit --amend
     fatal: Malformed ident string: 'admin <> 1418217345 +0000'
Next: Jeff King
Message 1 of 7 in “Git commit amend empty emails”
  1. SimonDec 10, 2014
  2. Jeff KingDec 10, 2014
  3. 1/2 commit: loosen ident checks when generating templateJeff King, Dec 10, 2014
  4. Eric SunshineDec 11, 2014
  5. 2/2 commit: always populate GIT_AUTHOR_* variablesJeff King, Dec 10, 2014
  6. Junio C HamanoDec 10, 2014
  7. Jeff KingDec 10, 2014

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