From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 17:18:59 GMT
Subject: Re: Git Rebase blows away GIT_AUTHOR_NAME
Message-ID: <AANLkTi=3Z5Wnh_s3S10fDn26dypbt9aG93nOKan_8c4d@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4D3077FE.9090407@spacetec.no>

On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 8:21 AM, Tor Arntsen <tor@spacetec.no> wrote:
> On 14/01/2011 17:13, Erik Faye-Lund wrote:
>
>> I think Tor pointed out that he knew a swede with his full legal name
>> to be only one letter long. I would suppose that meant that he didn't
>> have a surename?
>
> Exactly. He didn't. Bank printouts etc. would only have that single
> letter, he didn't use a nickname - that letter was his legal name.
>
> As for the rest of the world - I don't think the first name/last name combo
> (almost) everyone in the west use is necessarily a universal rule.

Quite frankly, I'd suggest that person then use "The letter 'G'" as
his/her git name.

git names aren't "legal names". They are for informational purposes.

And a single letter just isn't informational.

                Linus