Re: [PATCH] doc: provide guidance on user.name format

2019-09-15 Thread brian m. carlson
On 2019-09-15 at 22:18:07, Junio C Hamano wrote: > "brian m. carlson" writes: > > diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt > > b/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt > > index 4b90b9c12a..34a8496b0e 100644 > > --- a/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt > > +++ b/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt

Re: [PATCH] doc: provide guidance on user.name format

2019-09-15 Thread Junio C Hamano
"brian m. carlson" writes: > Users may or may not read the documentation, but at least we've done our > best at providing them helpful information should they choose to do so. Good. > Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt | 6 ++ > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/Documentation

[PATCH] doc: provide guidance on user.name format

2019-09-14 Thread brian m. carlson
It's a frequent misconception that the user.name variable controls authentication in some way, and as a result, beginning users frequently attempt to change it when they're having authentication troubles. Document that the convention is that this variable represents some form of a human's personal