Re: Git is removing . from the last part of user.name

From: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Date: Aug 22, 2021, 15:33 UTC
Message-ID: <YSJuS1OoYsqgpF3j@camp.crustytoothpaste.net>
In-Reply-To: <CAL-s8C7makcRT_ufsv4THSrKeDkXfhFoAXSBKSiK5w0anMvZag@mail.gmail.com>

On 2021-08-22 at 14:19:33, Daniel P. wrote:

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> If user.name's  value has a . as the last character of the last part
> of the name, git is removing it from commit operations. But git-config
> shows the .
> 
> example:
> 
> in .gitconfig:
> 
> [user]
>     name = Daniel P.
> 
> 
> `git config user.name`:
> 
> user.name=Daniel P.
> 
> 
> from `git show`:
> 
> Author: Daniel P <danpltile@gmail.com>

Yes, it does appear we do that. We consider a period to be "crud" and strip off trailing crud. I think we should probably change that, since in some places people write their family name first, and so a name like “carlson brian m.” might be a thing people might want to write, in addition to this particular case.

In any event, it's not very polite to "correct" people's names for them. I myself have certainly run into that often enough.

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brian m. carlson (he/him or they/them)
Toronto, Ontario, CA