Re: What shall we do with the GECOS field again?

From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Sep 20, 2005, 01:53 UTC
Message-ID: <7v8xxsfqrw.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <20050919163219.GA8862@puritan.pnetwork>

Nikolai Weibull <mailing-lists.git@rawuncut.elitemail.org> writes:

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> If we stop using GECOS, then can we please start using $EMAIL (or
> perhaps use it regardless of whether we use GECOS or not)?  A lot of
> applications seem to look for $EMAIL and I think that it's universal
> enough for git to use it as well.  To me it seems that both
> GIT_AUTHOR_NAME, GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL, GIT_COMMITTER_NAME, and
> GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL can use it,...

I am not convinced $EMAIL is used as widely as you claim above (could you give a list of applications please?), but if it is that sounds like a sensible idea.