Re: What's in git.git (stable)

From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Dec 15, 2006, 21:55 UTC
Message-ID: <7vslfgomdg.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <4581C83A.10907@op5.se>

Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se> writes:

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> Shawn Pearce wrote:
>>
>> About the only trouble that can cause is a failed push when
>> git-receive-pack needs to generate the reflog entry but cannot
>> get the user's committer data because their gecos information
>> doesn't exist.
>
> In that case, it would be best if it let the commit go through using
> only the username. Reflogs are fixable afterwards, so there's no real
> harm done.

This sounds sensible, regardless of the current discussion on the default 'logallrefupdates' setting.

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