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Re: Git Rebase blows away GIT_AUTHOR_NAME

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JT Olds <jtolds@xnet5.com>
Date
Jan 18, 2011, 03:55 UTC
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On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 3:21 PM, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
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> On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 11:21:45AM -0500, Jeff King wrote:
>
>> So we should probably do one or both of:
>>
>>   1. Make an --allow-any-name option to mailinfo, and use it when we
>>      invoke mailinfo internally for rebasing. That still doesn't solve
>>      the emailed patch problem, but at least keeps purely internal
>>      operations sane.
>
> So I wrote up a nice tidy patch series with mailinfo changes and tests,
> and then am/rebase changes and tests on top of that. And guess what I
> noticed? My rebase tests didn't actually fail with stock git.
>
> I bisected to 43c2325 (am: use get_author_ident_from_commit instead of
> mailinfo when rebasing, 2010-06-16), which was written to handle exactly
> this sort of thing.
>
> That commit made it into v1.7.2. JT, which version of git are you
> running? Do you still see any problems with v1.7.2 and above? I can't
> replicate your issue with more recent versions.
>
> So unless we want to do any sort of commit-time warning, I don't think
> there is anything left to be done on this topic.
>
> -Peff
>

Oh ho! No, I am running 1.7.1. I was so pleased to find out what the root of the problem was, though, that I did go and add my last name and haven't had any trouble since.

Thanks for all your help everyone.
-JT
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  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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