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To figure out the author ident for a commit, we call determine_author_info(). This function collects information from the environment, other commits (in the case of "--amend" or "-c/-C"), and the "--author" option. It then uses fmt_ident to generate the final ident string that goes into the commit object. fmt_ident is therefore responsible for any quality or validation checks on what is allowed to go into a commit. Before returning, though, we call split_ident_line on the result, and feed the individual components to hooks via the GIT_AUTHOR_* variables. Furthermore, we do extra validation by feeding the split to sane_ident_split(), which is pickier than fmt_ident (in particular, it will complain about an empty email field). If this parsing or validation fails, we skip updating the environment variables. This is bad, because it means that hooks may silently see a different ident than what we are putting into the commit. We should drop the extra sane_ident_split checks entirely, and take whatever fmt_ident has fed us (and what will go into the commit object). If parsing fails, we should actually abort here rather than continuing (and feeding the hooks bogus data). However, split_ident_line should never fail here. The ident was just generated by fmt_ident, so we know that it's sane. We can use assert_split_ident to double-check this. Note that we also teach that assertion to check that we found a date (it always should, but until now, no caller cared whether we found a date or not). Checking the return value of sane_ident_split is enough to ensure we have the name/email pointers set, and checking date_begin is enough to know that all of the date/tz variables are set. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Git - the stupid content tracker
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"git" can mean anything, depending on your mood.
- random three-letter combination that is pronounceable, and not
actually used by any common UNIX command. The fact that it is a
mispronunciation of "get" may or may not be relevant.
- stupid. contemptible and despicable. simple. Take your pick from the
dictionary of slang.
- "global information tracker": you're in a good mood, and it actually
works for you. Angels sing, and a light suddenly fills the room.
- "goddamn idiotic truckload of sh*t": when it breaks
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unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations
and full access to internals.
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See Documentation/gittutorial.txt to get started, then see
Documentation/everyday.txt for a useful minimum set of commands, and
Documentation/git-commandname.txt for documentation of each command.
If git has been correctly installed, then the tutorial can also be
read with "man gittutorial" or "git help tutorial", and the
documentation of each command with "man git-commandname" or "git help
commandname".
CVS users may also want to read Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt
("man gitcvs-migration" or "git help cvs-migration" if git is
installed).
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