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From: Daniel F <nanotube@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: git am mangles commit author name.
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On 7/14/10, =C3=86var Arnfj=C3=B6r=C3=B0 Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> w=
rote:
> On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 14:16, Tor Arntsen <tor@spacetec.no> wrote:
>> On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 17:11, Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@gmail.com> wr=
ote:
>>> On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 10:54 AM, Daniel F <nanotube@gmail.com> wro=
te:
>>>> Apparently, git-am fails when the username is just one word.
>>>
>>> And is less than 3 characters.
>> [..]

so... any git maintainers have thoughts on how this should
be addressed, or whether this should be addressed at all?
would simply setting minimum length to 1 have any negative
side effects?