Re: What shall we do with the GECOS field again?

From: Matthias Urlichs <smurf@smurf.noris.de>
Date: 2005-09-20 00:47:54
Hi, A Large Angry SCM wrote:

> Saying that the user's name is first and a particular punctuation 
> character SHALL be the standard cut point and everyone not happy with 
> the results should explicitly set the Git environment variables is the 
> wrong approach.

I disagree. Standard add-user tools use the gecos field in one of two ways:
- fullname
- fullname,and,some,other,cruft

Sure, many organizations bake their own, but I'd argue that the majority
doesn't.

> AND/OR to include 
> the what Git thinks the user's name name might be in the commit message
> template they're editing (like the file list).

I think that's a good idea, as long as people are told how to change it
(i.e., an envvar -- NOT by editing the file).

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Received on Tue Sep 20 00:52:32 2005

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