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Re: [PATCH 0/3] git-clone fails when current user is not in /etc/passwd

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Taylor Braun-Jones <taylor@braun-jones.org>
Date
Dec 11, 2015, 02:20 UTC
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On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 4:32 PM, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
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> So here's my solution, which instead carries the "is it bogus" flag
> along with the default strings.
>
>   [1/3]: ident: make xgetpwuid_self() a static local helper
>   [2/3]: ident: keep a flag for bogus default_email
>   [3/3]: ident: loosen getpwuid error in non-strict mode

1 definitely makes sense to me. As a newcomer to the git code base, I was wondering why it wasn't this way already.

2 and 3 solve my original problem - thanks!
Taylor
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  1. Taylor Braun-JonesDec 2, 2015
  2. Taylor Braun-JonesDec 9, 2015
  3. Duy NguyenDec 9, 2015
  4. Duy NguyenDec 9, 2015
  5. Taylor Braun-JonesDec 9, 2015
  6. Taylor Braun-JonesDec 10, 2015
  7. Jeff KingDec 10, 2015
  8. Junio C HamanoDec 10, 2015
  9. Jeff KingDec 10, 2015
  10. 0/3 git-clone fails when current user is not in /etc/passwdJeff King, Dec 10, 2015
  11. 1/3 ident: make xgetpwuid_self() a static local helperJeff King, Dec 10, 2015
  12. Junio C HamanoDec 10, 2015
  13. 2/3 ident: keep a flag for bogus default_emailJeff King, Dec 10, 2015
  14. Jeff KingDec 10, 2015
  15. 3/3 ident: loosen getpwuid error in non-strict modeJeff King, Dec 10, 2015
  16. Jeff KingDec 14, 2015
  17. Junio C HamanoDec 10, 2015
  18. Taylor Braun-JonesDec 11, 2015
  19. Junio C HamanoDec 10, 2015
  20. Taylor Braun-JonesDec 10, 2015

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