Ryan <ryanphilips19@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > How do i select a Name which ends in a dot something like Ryan W. > Philips in Git using git config user.name > > Because when i do that "Ryan W. Philips" It just comes and Ryan W > Philips in git log when i add a commit. Can't reproduce here: $ mkdir git $ cd git/ $ git init Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/git/.git/ $ git config user.name 'Matthieu M. Moy' $ cat .git/config [core] repositoryformatversion = 0 filemode = true bare = false logallrefupdates = true [user] name = Matthieu M. Moy $ touch foo; git add foo $ git commit -m "foo" [master (root-commit) 6814174] foo 0 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) create mode 100644 foo $ git log commit 681417491423260ad13c3fb59c28fc96a68bf4f9 Author: Matthieu M. Moy <Matthieu.Moy@xxxxxxx> Date: Wed Jun 24 19:05:43 2009 +0200 foo $ git version git version 1.6.3.rc1.35.gabb3a $ -- Matthieu -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html