On Thu, 2011-12-08 at 11:37 -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > Many types of signatures are used by various projects. > > The most common type is formatted: > > "[some_signature_type]-by: First Last <email@xxxxxxxxxx>" > > e.g: > > "Reported-by: First Last <email@xxxxxxxxxx>" (no quotes are used) > This is just a phrasing issue, but I am a bit reluctant about the name > "signature". I've called all these markings signatures. Maybe email-address-tags or another name could be used. I'm not bothered one way or another by any chosen name. > Does your change do the right thing on such an address-less entry? The > answer to this question must start with the definition of "the right thing > to do is X", of course. All addresses go through "extract_valid_address". Invalid addresses are not used. -- 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