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| author | Joey Hess <joey@kodama.kitenet.net> | 2008-07-17 19:12:34 -0400 |
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| committer | Joey Hess <joey@kodama.kitenet.net> | 2008-07-17 19:12:34 -0400 |
| commit | afd3126e555b01ea9e3b5d9f3b7625b2fdca1d12 (patch) | |
| tree | a7adf057755a0cc59a0ae2b0f9b5cd269ee9775f /doc/todo/git_attribution | |
| parent | 3aa616a5269488f9cfebf7f5d36e0e7f50e08de2 (diff) | |
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dummy up an email address for web commits
Not doing so breaks cia and other things that try to parse a username out
of the email address.
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diff --git a/doc/todo/git_attribution/discussion.mdwn b/doc/todo/git_attribution/discussion.mdwn index 0078c3ae1..dfb490bc2 100644 --- a/doc/todo/git_attribution/discussion.mdwn +++ b/doc/todo/git_attribution/discussion.mdwn @@ -81,3 +81,18 @@ no determination of uniqueness) > to be left in. But it will need to take care to only parse that if the > commit isn't flagged as a web commit! Else web committers could forge > commits from others. --[[Joey]] +> +> BTW, I decided not to use the user's email address in the commit, because +> then the email becomes part of project history, and you don't really +> expect that to happen when you give your email address on signup to a web +> site. +> +> The problem with leaving the email empty is that it confuses some things +> that try to parse it, including: +> * cia (wants a username in there): +> * git pull --rebase (?) +> * github pushes to twitter ;-) +> +> So while I tried that way at first, I'm now leaning toward encoding the +> username in the email address. Like "user <user@web>", or +> "joey <http://joey.kitenet.net/@web>". |