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Re: git am mangles commit author name.

From
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 14, 2010, 14:31 UTC
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On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 14:16, Tor Arntsen <tor@spacetec.no> wrote:
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> On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 17:11, Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 10:54 AM, Daniel F <nanotube@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Apparently, git-am fails when the username is just one word.
>>
>> And is less than 3 characters.
> [..]
>
> When I was a student a long time ago there was another (European)
> student there with a single-letter name.
> His legal name was 'Z'. It was printed like that in all official
> documents I ever saw, including bank accounts and loan papers, so it
> wasn't just some nickname he was using.

A lot of people also use their nicknames for their real name in Git, and plenty of people have 1-3 letter nicks.

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  1. Daniel FJul 13, 2010
  2. Jonathan NiederJul 13, 2010
  3. Daniel FJul 13, 2010
  4. Jay SoffianJul 13, 2010
  5. Daniel FJul 13, 2010
  6. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJul 13, 2010
  7. Tor ArntsenJul 14, 2010
  8. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJul 14, 2010
  9. Daniel FJul 16, 2010
  10. Jonathan NiederJul 16, 2010

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