Re: [PATCH] Disallow empty GIT_AUTHOR_NAME or GIT_COMMITTER_NAME

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

Brandon Casey <casey@nrlssc.navy.mil> writes:

Brandon Casey <casey@nrlssc.navy.mil> writes:

> Attempt normal methods for determining user name if
> GIT_AUTHOR_NAME or GIT_COMMITTER_NAME is set to the empty
> string. Then fall back to using the user login name.
>
> Previously, if these environment variables were set to the
> empty string, a message would be printed complaining about
> missing gecos information. In this case the gecos information
> was never checked.
>
> This still allows an empty GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL or GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL.
> Possibly someone would want to use these variables to disable
> the respective email address string?
>
> Signed-off-by: Brandon Casey <casey@nrlssc.navy.mil>

Thanks.  But this makes me wonder why you do not do the same
check for !*email

> Then I send the patch to myself using git-format-patch and then
> git-send-email. These two format the patch appropriately for
> submission and allow me to set the message-id.
>
> Then I select the message, right-click and choose "Edit As New...",
> edit, select the recipients, and send. I also now have a record of
> the sent message which I would not have if I used only git-send-email.

I would just add myself to --bcc when running send-email; much
simpler ;-). 

>  ident.c |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/ident.c b/ident.c
> index 3d49608..6932ccf 100644
> --- a/ident.c
> +++ b/ident.c
> @@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ const char *fmt_ident(const char *name, const char *email,
>  	int i;
>  
>  	setup_ident();
> -	if (!name)
> +	if (!name || !*name)
>  		name = git_default_name;
>  	if (!email)
>  		email = git_default_email;
> -- 
> 1.5.3.rc0.30.g114f-dirty