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Re: [PATCH v3] am: use get_author_ident_from_commit instead of mailinfo when rebasing

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jun 16, 2010, 19:06 UTC
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Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@gmail.com> writes:
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> In certain situations, commit authorship can consist of an invalid
> e-mail address. For example, this is the case when working with git svn
> repos where the author email has had the svn repo UUID appended such as:
>
>  author@example.com <author@example.com@deadbeef-dead-beef-dead-beefdeadbeef>
>
> Given such an address, mailinfo extracts the authorship incorrectly as
> it assumes a valid domain. However, when rebasing the original
> authorship should be preserved irrespective of its validity as an email
> address.
This justifies the motivation very well.  Thanks.
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Message 4 of 4 in “am: gather GIT_AUTHOR_* from original commit when rebasing”
  1. am: gather GIT_AUTHOR_* from original commit when rebasingJay Soffian, Jun 15, 2010
  2. Johannes SixtJun 16, 2010
  3. am: use get_author_ident_from_commit instead of mailinfo when rebasingJay Soffian, Jun 16, 2010
  4. Junio C HamanoJun 16, 2010

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