Hi, Thank you for your response. 1) git config user.name 'Matthieu M. Moy' Works 2) git config user.name 'Matthieu M.' does not Probably, Name cannot end in a '.' <dot>. in git config user.name Regards, Ryan W. On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 10:36 PM, Matthieu Moy<Matthieu.Moy@xxxxxxx> wrote: > 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