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Re: git am mangles commit author name.

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DFDaniel F <nanotube@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 16, 2010, 14:18 UTC
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On 7/14/10, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 14:16, Tor Arntsen <tor@spacetec.no> wrote:
>> 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.
>> [..]

so... any git maintainers have thoughts on how this should be addressed, or whether this should be addressed at all? would simply setting minimum length to 1 have any negative side effects?

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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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