From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com>
Cc: Konstantin Khomoutov <kostix+git@007spb.ru>,
Git List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: How to avoid "Please tell me who you are..."?
Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2017 16:15:52 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqy3tayi53.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAH8yC8nGR1heD9_xRuHRG-oerdoQr6Pi8mT=ZpFhoeH6LaFK2w@mail.gmail.com> (Jeffrey Walton's message of "Fri, 2 Jun 2017 03:07:11 -0400")
Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> writes:
> Is there no switch? Its the most efficient way to accomplish the task.
This is a safety to help normal human users from hurting themselves,
and it does not make any sense to have "I have no name, so record
garbage, please" option, switch or setting that is different from
"Here is the name I want you to use when recording things".
The switch _is_ to set the names with whatever standard way.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-06-02 7:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-06-02 6:02 How to avoid "Please tell me who you are..."? Jeffrey Walton
[not found] ` <532E194B-3A76-4416-A652-4B1DCE78AB8A@gmail.com>
2017-06-02 6:37 ` Jeffrey Walton
2017-06-06 22:32 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-06-02 7:00 ` Konstantin Khomoutov
2017-06-02 7:07 ` Jeffrey Walton
2017-06-02 7:15 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2017-06-02 7:38 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2017-06-02 23:50 ` Junio C Hamano
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