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Re: [PATCH] Add committer and author names to top of COMMIT_EDITMSG.

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jan 12, 2008, 05:56 UTC
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
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> On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 09:30:24PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> I think what we could do if we wanted to protect people from
>> unconfigured identity is to stop pulling names from gecos and
>> hostname, and respect _only_ environment and config.
>
> I am fine with that, as I have always set up the configuration manually
> anyway. But I think it would need a significant comment period from the
> list (ISTR that Linus _likes_ pulling the hostname from gecos).

You do not pull hostname from gecos, but I agree with your main point.

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  1. Add committer and author names to top of COMMIT_EDITMSG.Stephen Sinclair, Jan 11, 2008
  2. Johannes SchindelinJan 11, 2008
  3. Junio C HamanoJan 11, 2008
  4. Stephen SinclairJan 12, 2008
  5. Junio C HamanoJan 12, 2008
  6. Stephen SinclairJan 12, 2008
  7. Junio C HamanoJan 12, 2008
  8. Stephen SinclairJan 12, 2008
  9. Junio C HamanoJan 12, 2008
  10. Stephen SinclairJan 12, 2008
  11. Junio C HamanoJan 12, 2008
  12. Jeff KingJan 12, 2008
  13. Junio C HamanoJan 12, 2008
  14. Junio C HamanoJan 12, 2008
  15. Jeff KingJan 12, 2008
  16. Junio C HamanoJan 12, 2008
  17. Jeff KingJan 12, 2008

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