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Re: Please fix the useless email prompts

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JWJeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 19, 2017, 18:02 UTC
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On Sat, Aug 19, 2017 at 12:36 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
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> Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Is it possible to fix the issue shown below?
>>
>> I'm on a test machine. All I do is update to the latest code, build
>> the library and run the self tests.
>>
>> The test user account does not have a name and does not have an email
>> address. There's nothing to provide.
>>
>> There's no reason to break my workflows for useless Git policies like
>> "please tell me your email address". Its not my policy, and there's
>> nothing critical about it.
>>
>> ...
> Hasn't this been asked and answered already?
>
>     https://public-inbox.org/git/CACBZZX4vEOD-4a-eK-uBxmFrb1GLSvJKxHW51whCSbCZdh7amQ@mail.gmail.com/
Its 2017. I'd like the tools to work for me instead of me working for the tools.
Jeff
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  1. Jeffrey WaltonAug 19, 2017
  2. Junio C HamanoAug 19, 2017
  3. Jeffrey WaltonAug 19, 2017
  4. Patryk ObaraAug 19, 2017
  5. Jeff KingAug 20, 2017
  6. Kaartic SivaraamAug 20, 2017
  7. Andrew ArdillAug 20, 2017
  8. Anatolii BorodinAug 20, 2017
  9. Andrew ArdillAug 20, 2017
  10. Junio C HamanoAug 20, 2017
  11. Jeff KingAug 23, 2017
  12. Junio C HamanoAug 23, 2017
  13. Anatolii BorodinAug 20, 2017

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