Re: git am mangles commit author name.

> 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.
>
> This is happening due to the get_sane_name check in mailinfo.c. The
> rules for a "sane" name are actually from Linus' original code. From
> 2744b23 (Start of early patch applicator tools for git., 2005-04-11):
>
> +static char *sanity_check(char *name, char *email)
> +{
> +       int len = strlen(name);
> +       if (len < 3 || len > 60)
> +               return email;
> +       if (strchr(name, '@') || strchr(name, '<') || strchr(name, '>'))
> +               return email;
> +       return name;
> +}
>
> You could add an option to mailinfo to disable the sanity check and
> then plumb that option into its various callers.
>