# Re: Git is removing . from the last part of user.name

- From: Thomas J. Faughnan Jr. \<hidden\>
- Date: 2023-07-30 21:43:00 
- List: git
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2023/07/7973016
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2021/08/7899894/t.md

```text
> On a somewhat lesser note, I'm tempted to say that "." probably was
> never that useful (compared to say, comma, which is the gecos
> separator), and we could probably just drop it from the crud list.

Would this change still be considered? Or alternatively a git config
option to ignore "." when checking if a character is crud?
```