From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.9 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_NONE shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C70021F4C0 for ; Thu, 17 Oct 2019 05:40:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2394134AbfJQFkx (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Oct 2019 01:40:53 -0400 Received: from cloud.peff.net ([104.130.231.41]:50416 "HELO cloud.peff.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1731603AbfJQFkx (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Oct 2019 01:40:53 -0400 Received: (qmail 19802 invoked by uid 109); 17 Oct 2019 05:40:53 -0000 Received: from Unknown (HELO peff.net) (10.0.1.2) by cloud.peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.94) with SMTP; Thu, 17 Oct 2019 05:40:53 +0000 Authentication-Results: cloud.peff.net; auth=none Received: (qmail 5981 invoked by uid 111); 17 Oct 2019 05:43:57 -0000 Received: from sigill.intra.peff.net (HELO sigill.intra.peff.net) (10.0.0.7) by peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.94) with (TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 encrypted) ESMTPS; Thu, 17 Oct 2019 01:43:57 -0400 Authentication-Results: peff.net; auth=none Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 01:40:52 -0400 From: Jeff King To: "brian m. carlson" Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Junio C Hamano Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] doc: provide guidance on user.name format Message-ID: <20191017054051.GA10253@sigill.intra.peff.net> References: <20191017005330.9021-1-sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> <20191017005330.9021-2-sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20191017005330.9021-2-sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 12:53:28AM +0000, brian m. carlson wrote: > It's a frequent misconception that the user.name variable controls > authentication in some way, and as a result, beginning users frequently > attempt to change it when they're having authentication troubles. > Document that the convention is that this variable represents some form > of a human's personal name, although that is not required. In addition, > address concerns about whether Unicode is supported. > > Use the term "personal name" as this is likely to draw the intended > contrast, be applicable across cultures which may have different naming > conventions, and be easily understandable to people who do not speak > English as their first language. Indicate that "some form" is > conventionally used, as people may use a nickname or preferred name > instead of a full legal name. > > Point users who may be confused about authentication to an appropriate > configuration option instead. I think this is a good distinction to draw, but... > Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt | 6 ++++++ > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) ...I was surprised to see it here, where I think most users wouldn't find it. Would it make sense in git-commit(1), or in the description of the user.name config? -Peff