X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/ikiwiki.git/blobdiff_plain/fc52b0c025e67e6d4d2ad64a70d51b2ef43f9839..4f6c544fa8e7dd21450952f0a9fc3918ee600705:/doc/todo/git_attribution/discussion.mdwn diff --git a/doc/todo/git_attribution/discussion.mdwn b/doc/todo/git_attribution/discussion.mdwn index 0078c3ae1..6905d9b4b 100644 --- a/doc/todo/git_attribution/discussion.mdwn +++ b/doc/todo/git_attribution/discussion.mdwn @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ no determination of uniqueness) > GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL can also be set. > > There is one thing yet to be solved, and that is how to tell the -> difference between a web commit by 'Joey Hess ', +> difference between a web commit by 'Joey Hess ', > and a git commit by the same. I think we do want to differentiate these, > and the best way to do it seems to be to add a line to the end of the > commit message. Something like: "\n\nWeb-commit: true" @@ -81,3 +81,18 @@ no determination of uniqueness) > to be left in. But it will need to take care to only parse that if the > commit isn't flagged as a web commit! Else web committers could forge > commits from others. --[[Joey]] +> +> BTW, I decided not to use the user's email address in the commit, because +> then the email becomes part of project history, and you don't really +> expect that to happen when you give your email address on signup to a web +> site. +> +> The problem with leaving the email empty is that it confuses some things +> that try to parse it, including: +> * cia (wants a username in there): +> * git pull --rebase (?) +> * github pushes to twitter ;-) +> +> So while I tried that way at first, I'm now leaning toward encoding the +> username in the email address. Like "user ", or +> "joey ".