From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: Git Rebase blows away GIT_AUTHOR_NAME Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 09:18:59 -0800 Message-ID: References: <20110112182150.GC31747@sigill.intra.peff.net> <4D3077FE.9090407@spacetec.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: kusmabite@gmail.com, JT Olds , Jeff King , git@vger.kernel.org To: Tor Arntsen X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Fri Jan 14 18:20:03 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PdnJd-00022M-QJ for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Fri, 14 Jan 2011 18:19:58 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757651Ab1ANRTx (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Jan 2011 12:19:53 -0500 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:36682 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757532Ab1ANRTv (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Jan 2011 12:19:51 -0500 Received: from mail-iy0-f174.google.com (mail-iy0-f174.google.com [209.85.210.174]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp1.linux-foundation.org (8.14.2/8.13.5/Debian-3ubuntu1.1) with ESMTP id p0EHJKbb026895 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=FAIL) for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2011 09:19:21 -0800 Received: by iyj18 with SMTP id 18so2694099iyj.19 for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2011 09:19:19 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.231.35.204 with SMTP id q12mr933770ibd.191.1295025559210; Fri, 14 Jan 2011 09:19:19 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.231.31.72 with HTTP; Fri, 14 Jan 2011 09:18:59 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4D3077FE.9090407@spacetec.no> X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.378 required=5 tests=AWL,BAYES_05 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.4-osdl_revision__1.47__ X-MIMEDefang-Filter: lf$Revision: 1.188 $ X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.63 on 140.211.169.13 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 8:21 AM, Tor Arntsen wrote: > On 14/01/2011 17:13, Erik Faye-Lund wrote: > >> I think Tor pointed out that he knew a swede with his full legal name >> to be only one letter long. I would suppose that meant that he didn't >> have a surename? > > Exactly. He didn't. Bank printouts etc. would only have that single > letter, he didn't use a nickname - that letter was his legal name. > > As for the rest of the world - I don't think the first name/last name combo > (almost) everyone in the west use is necessarily a universal rule. Quite frankly, I'd suggest that person then use "The letter 'G'" as his/her git name. git names aren't "legal names". They are for informational purposes. And a single letter just isn't informational. Linus