Re: Git Rebase blows away GIT_AUTHOR_NAME

> So we should probably do one or both of:
>
>   1. Make an --allow-any-name option to mailinfo, and use it when we
>      invoke mailinfo internally for rebasing. That still doesn't solve
>      the emailed patch problem, but at least keeps purely internal
>      operations sane.
>
>   2. Bump the check up to git-commit time, which is the best place to
>      catch and tell somebody that their name is too short, because they
>      can actually fix it.
>
> Even if we dropped the check now, option (2) is still useful, because
> you have no idea which version of git the other end will use to apply
> your patch.