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Re: Git Rebase blows away GIT_AUTHOR_NAME

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Erik Faye-Lund <kusmabite@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 14, 2011, 08:56 UTC
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On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 9:45 AM, Tor Arntsen <tor@spacetec.no> wrote:
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> On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 19:20, Erik Faye-Lund <kusmabite@gmail.com> wrote:
>>[..] Besides, a name of
>> two characters aren't really sane. You'd need at least three
>> characters to form a first/last name pair.
>
> I think I've mentioned this before in another thread, but first/last
> name isn't universal, not even within countries where it's the common
> form. When I was as student there was a fellow student from another
> scandinavian country and his legal, full name consisted of a single
> letter.
>

I'm curious, what Scandinavian country was this? Because as a Norwegian, I know a lot of people from all Scandinavian country, yet I've never heard of such names. In Norway, I the shortest legal name I've ever heard of was five characters.

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Message 9 of 30 in “Git Rebase blows away GIT_AUTHOR_NAME”
  1. JT OldsJan 12, 2011
  2. Jeff KingJan 12, 2011
  3. JT OldsJan 13, 2011
  4. JT OldsJan 13, 2011
  5. Erik Faye-LundJan 13, 2011
  6. JT OldsJan 13, 2011
  7. Erik Faye-LundJan 13, 2011
  8. Tor ArntsenJan 14, 2011
  9. Erik Faye-LundJan 14, 2011
  10. Tor ArntsenJan 14, 2011
  11. Erik Faye-LundJan 14, 2011
  12. JT OldsJan 14, 2011
  13. Linus TorvaldsJan 14, 2011
  14. Erik Faye-LundJan 14, 2011
  15. Jeff KingJan 14, 2011
  16. Erik Faye-LundJan 14, 2011
  17. Jeff KingJan 14, 2011
  18. Jay SoffianJan 14, 2011
  19. Junio C HamanoJan 14, 2011
  20. Jeff KingJan 14, 2011
  21. Junio C HamanoJan 14, 2011
  22. Jeff KingJan 17, 2011
  23. Erik Faye-LundJan 17, 2011
  24. JT OldsJan 18, 2011
  25. Jay SoffianJan 19, 2011
  26. Tor ArntsenJan 14, 2011
  27. Erik Faye-LundJan 14, 2011
  28. Linus TorvaldsJan 14, 2011
  29. Erik Faye-LundJan 14, 2011
  30. Jeff KingJan 13, 2011

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