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[[harningt]]
[[madduck]]: git requires `Name <Email@address>` format, as far as I know.
+
+> Yes, it does:
+>
+> joey@kodama:~/tmp/foo/bar>git commit --author "foo"
+> fatal: malformed --author parameter
+>
+> It seems to be happy with anything of the form "foo <foo>" -- doesn't seem to
+> do any kind of strict checking. Even "http://joey.kitenet.net <>" will be
+> accepted. --[[Joey]]