Re: What's cooking in git.git (Sep 2016, #05; Mon, 19)

> * jk/rebase-i-drop-ident-check (2016-07-29) 1 commit
>   (merged to 'next' on 2016-08-14 at 6891bcd)
>  + rebase-interactive: drop early check for valid ident
> 
>  Even when "git pull --rebase=preserve" (and the underlying "git
>  rebase --preserve") can complete without creating any new commit
>  (i.e. fast-forwards), it still insisted on having a usable ident
>  information (read: user.email is set correctly), which was less
>  than nice.  As the underlying commands used inside "git rebase"
>  would fail with a more meaningful error message and advice text
>  when the bogus ident matters, this extra check was removed.
> 
>  Will hold to see if people scream.
>  cf. <20160729224944.GA23242@sigill.intra.peff.net>