On 2021-08-22 at 14:19:33, Daniel P. wrote:
If user.name's value has a . as the last character of the last part
of the name, git is removing it from commit operations. But git-config
shows the .
example:
in .gitconfig:
[user]
name = Daniel P.
`git config user.name`:
user.name=Daniel P.
from `git show`:
Author: Daniel P [off-list ref]
Yes, it does appear we do that. We consider a period to be "crud" and
strip off trailing crud. I think we should probably change that, since
in some places people write their family name first, and so a name like
“carlson brian m.” might be a thing people might want to write, in
addition to this particular case.
In any event, it's not very polite to "correct" people's names for them.
I myself have certainly run into that often enough.
--
brian m. carlson (he/him or they/them)
Toronto, Ontario, CA