* [PATCH] mailinfo: don't discard names under 3 characters
@ 2019-12-20 0:39 edef
2019-12-20 13:37 ` edef
2020-01-30 10:06 ` Jeff King
0 siblings, 2 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: edef @ 2019-12-20 0:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: git; +Cc: edef
I sometimes receive patches from people with short mononyms, and in my
cultural environment these are not uncommon. To my dismay, git-am
currently discards their names, and replaces them with their email
addresses.
Link: https://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/
---
I'm not *completely* sure there's even a case where `src = email` is
the right thing to do, but I'd rather not modify this code more than
strictly necessary.
mailinfo.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/mailinfo.c b/mailinfo.c
index b395adbdf2..7274232e28 100644
--- a/mailinfo.c
+++ b/mailinfo.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ static void cleanup_space(struct strbuf *sb)
static void get_sane_name(struct strbuf *out, struct strbuf *name, struct strbuf *email)
{
struct strbuf *src = name;
- if (name->len < 3 || 60 < name->len || strchr(name->buf, '@') ||
+ if (!name->len || 60 < name->len || strchr(name->buf, '@') ||
strchr(name->buf, '<') || strchr(name->buf, '>'))
src = email;
else if (name == out)
--
2.24.1
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* Re: [PATCH] mailinfo: don't discard names under 3 characters
2019-12-20 0:39 [PATCH] mailinfo: don't discard names under 3 characters edef
@ 2019-12-20 13:37 ` edef
2020-01-30 10:06 ` Jeff King
1 sibling, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: edef @ 2019-12-20 13:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: git; +Cc: edef
Seems I forgot something:
Signed-off-by: edef <edef@edef.eu>
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* Re: [PATCH] mailinfo: don't discard names under 3 characters
2019-12-20 0:39 [PATCH] mailinfo: don't discard names under 3 characters edef
2019-12-20 13:37 ` edef
@ 2020-01-30 10:06 ` Jeff King
2021-05-16 15:07 ` [PATCH v2] " edef
1 sibling, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Jeff King @ 2020-01-30 10:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: edef; +Cc: git
On Fri, Dec 20, 2019 at 12:39:48AM +0000, edef wrote:
> I sometimes receive patches from people with short mononyms, and in my
> cultural environment these are not uncommon. To my dismay, git-am
> currently discards their names, and replaces them with their email
> addresses.
>
> Link: https://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/
> ---
> I'm not *completely* sure there's even a case where `src = email` is
> the right thing to do, but I'd rather not modify this code more than
> strictly necessary.
I think this makes sense. There's a lot of heuristic voodoo in this old
mailinfo code, but I think getting people's legitimate short names wrong
is worse than the likelihood that this is actually helping some
broken-parsing case in any meaningful way. I suspect this code predates
us parsing the headers carefully according to the standard (it looks to
be from 2744b2344d on 2005-04-11, which is quite early!).
The 60-char maximum also seems like something people might run afoul of
in certain cultures. Is it worth bumping, too?
I think your patch slipped through the cracks, coming as it did over the
holidays. It's probably worth re-posting it (with your signed-off-by).
-Peff
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* [PATCH v2] mailinfo: don't discard names under 3 characters
2020-01-30 10:06 ` Jeff King
@ 2021-05-16 15:07 ` edef
2021-05-16 22:57 ` Junio C Hamano
0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: edef @ 2021-05-16 15:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: git; +Cc: edef
I sometimes receive patches from people with short mononyms, and in my
cultural environment these are not uncommon. To my dismay, git-am
currently discards their names, and replaces them with their email
addresses.
Link: https://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/
Signed-off-by: edef <edef@edef.eu>
---
Rebased and with Signed-off-by this time :)
mailinfo.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/mailinfo.c b/mailinfo.c
index 95ce191f38..626228654c 100644
--- a/mailinfo.c
+++ b/mailinfo.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ static void cleanup_space(struct strbuf *sb)
static void get_sane_name(struct strbuf *out, struct strbuf *name, struct strbuf *email)
{
struct strbuf *src = name;
- if (name->len < 3 || 60 < name->len || strpbrk(name->buf, "@<>"))
+ if (!name->len || 60 < name->len || strpbrk(name->buf, "@<>"))
src = email;
else if (name == out)
return;
--
2.30.0
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* Re: [PATCH v2] mailinfo: don't discard names under 3 characters
2021-05-16 15:07 ` [PATCH v2] " edef
@ 2021-05-16 22:57 ` Junio C Hamano
0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Junio C Hamano @ 2021-05-16 22:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: edef; +Cc: git
edef <edef@edef.eu> writes:
> I sometimes receive patches from people with short mononyms, and in my
> cultural environment these are not uncommon. To my dismay, git-am
> currently discards their names, and replaces them with their email
> addresses.
>
> Link: https://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/
> Signed-off-by: edef <edef@edef.eu>
> ---
> Rebased and with Signed-off-by this time :)
>
> mailinfo.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/mailinfo.c b/mailinfo.c
> index 95ce191f38..626228654c 100644
> --- a/mailinfo.c
> +++ b/mailinfo.c
> @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ static void cleanup_space(struct strbuf *sb)
> static void get_sane_name(struct strbuf *out, struct strbuf *name, struct strbuf *email)
> {
> struct strbuf *src = name;
> - if (name->len < 3 || 60 < name->len || strpbrk(name->buf, "@<>"))
> + if (!name->len || 60 < name->len || strpbrk(name->buf, "@<>"))
> src = email;
> else if (name == out)
> return;
Wow. The original of this was from very late in 2019, wasn't it?
Thanks for updating; will queue.
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