James Blackburn <jamesblackburn@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> Perhaps you used "filter-branch" for conversion and your "doesn't >> ordinarily complain about this" refers to it? If so, I have to say that it >> is filter-branch that needs to be fixed to error out. > > I use cvs2git for the conversion (which produces a fast-import > stream). That tool doesn't enforce an email address, and it's only > when I try to rebase that I run into this problem... AFAICS there's > nothing fundamentally wrong with what I'm trying to do, so forcing me > to re-write the author seems to be the wrong answer, no? Sorry, I do not follow. Nobody is forcing you to rewrite the author, but earlier didn't you say _you_ rewrote the author into that invalid empty string yourself, no? -- 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