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2015-12-27t/t1700-split-index.sh: use the $( ... ) construct for command substitutionLibravatar Elia Pinto1-1/+1
The Git CodingGuidelines prefer the $(...) construct for command substitution instead of using the backquotes `...`. The backquoted form is the traditional method for command substitution, and is supported by POSIX. However, all but the simplest uses become complicated quickly. In particular, embedded command substitutions and/or the use of double quotes require careful escaping with the backslash character. The patch was generated by: for _f in $(find . -name "*.sh") do perl -i -pe 'BEGIN{undef $/;} s/`(.+?)`/\$(\1)/smg' "${_f}" done and then carefully proof-read. Signed-off-by: Elia Pinto <gitter.spiros@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2015-12-27t/t1512-rev-parse-disambiguation.sh: use the $( ... ) construct for command ↵Libravatar Elia Pinto1-4/+4
substitution The Git CodingGuidelines prefer the $(...) construct for command substitution instead of using the backquotes `...`. The backquoted form is the traditional method for command substitution, and is supported by POSIX. However, all but the simplest uses become complicated quickly. In particular, embedded command substitutions and/or the use of double quotes require careful escaping with the backslash character. The patch was generated by: for _f in $(find . -name "*.sh") do perl -i -pe 'BEGIN{undef $/;} s/`(.+?)`/\$(\1)/smg' "${_f}" done and then carefully proof-read. Signed-off-by: Elia Pinto <gitter.spiros@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2015-12-27t/t1511-rev-parse-caret.sh: use the $( ... ) construct for command substitutionLibravatar Elia Pinto1-2/+2
The Git CodingGuidelines prefer the $(...) construct for command substitution instead of using the backquotes `...`. The backquoted form is the traditional method for command substitution, and is supported by POSIX. However, all but the simplest uses become complicated quickly. In particular, embedded command substitutions and/or the use of double quotes require careful escaping with the backslash character. The patch was generated by: for _f in $(find . -name "*.sh") do perl -i -pe 'BEGIN{undef $/;} s/`(.+?)`/\$(\1)/smg' "${_f}" done and then carefully proof-read. Signed-off-by: Elia Pinto <gitter.spiros@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2015-12-27t/t1410-reflog.sh: use the $( ... ) construct for command substitutionLibravatar Elia Pinto1-12/+12
The Git CodingGuidelines prefer the $(...) construct for command substitution instead of using the backquotes `...`. The backquoted form is the traditional method for command substitution, and is supported by POSIX. However, all but the simplest uses become complicated quickly. In particular, embedded command substitutions and/or the use of double quotes require careful escaping with the backslash character. The patch was generated by: for _f in $(find . -name "*.sh") do perl -i -pe 'BEGIN{undef $/;} s/`(.+?)`/\$(\1)/smg' "${_f}" done and then carefully proof-read. Signed-off-by: Elia Pinto <gitter.spiros@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2015-12-27t/t1401-symbolic-ref.sh: use the $( ... ) construct for command substitutionLibravatar Elia Pinto1-1/+1
The Git CodingGuidelines prefer the $(...) construct for command substitution instead of using the backquotes `...`. The backquoted form is the traditional method for command substitution, and is supported by POSIX. However, all but the simplest uses become complicated quickly. In particular, embedded command substitutions and/or the use of double quotes require careful escaping with the backslash character. The patch was generated by: for _f in $(find . -name "*.sh") do perl -i -pe 'BEGIN{undef $/;} s/`(.+?)`/\$(\1)/smg' "${_f}" done and then carefully proof-read. Signed-off-by: Elia Pinto <gitter.spiros@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2015-12-27t/t1100-commit-tree-options.sh: use the $( ... ) construct for command ↵Libravatar Elia Pinto1-2/+2
substitution The Git CodingGuidelines prefer the $(...) construct for command substitution instead of using the backquotes `...`. The backquoted form is the traditional method for command substitution, and is supported by POSIX. However, all but the simplest uses become complicated quickly. In particular, embedded command substitutions and/or the use of double quotes require careful escaping with the backslash character. The patch was generated by: for _f in $(find . -name "*.sh") do perl -i -pe 'BEGIN{undef $/;} s/`(.+?)`/\$(\1)/smg' "${_f}" done and then carefully proof-read. Signed-off-by: Elia Pinto <gitter.spiros@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2015-12-27unimplemented.sh: use the $( ... ) construct for command substitutionLibravatar Elia Pinto1-1/+1
The Git CodingGuidelines prefer the $(...) construct for command substitution instead of using the backquotes `...`. The backquoted form is the traditional method for command substitution, and is supported by POSIX. However, all but the simplest uses become complicated quickly. In particular, embedded command substitutions and/or the use of double quotes require careful escaping with the backslash character. The patch was generated by: for _f in $(find . -name "*.sh") do perl -i -pe 'BEGIN{undef $/;} s/`(.+?)`/\$(\1)/smg' "${_f}" done and then carefully proof-read. Signed-off-by: Elia Pinto <gitter.spiros@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2015-12-27test-sha1.sh: use the $( ... ) construct for command substitutionLibravatar Elia Pinto1-4/+4
The Git CodingGuidelines prefer the $(...) construct for command substitution instead of using the backquotes `...`. The backquoted form is the traditional method for command substitution, and is supported by POSIX. However, all but the simplest uses become complicated quickly. In particular, embedded command substitutions and/or the use of double quotes require careful escaping with the backslash character. The patch was generated by: for _f in $(find . -name "*.sh") do perl -i -pe 'BEGIN{undef $/;} s/`(.+?)`/\$(\1)/smg' "${_f}" done and then carefully proof-read. Signed-off-by: Elia Pinto <gitter.spiros@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2015-12-27t/lib-httpd.sh: use the $( ... ) construct for command substitutionLibravatar Elia Pinto1-2/+2
The Git CodingGuidelines prefer the $(...) construct for command substitution instead of using the backquotes `...`. The backquoted form is the traditional method for command substitution, and is supported by POSIX. However, all but the simplest uses become complicated quickly. In particular, embedded command substitutions and/or the use of double quotes require careful escaping with the backslash character. The patch was generated by: for _f in $(find . -name "*.sh") do perl -i -pe 'BEGIN{undef $/;} s/`(.+?)`/\$(\1)/smg' "${_f}" done and then carefully proof-read. Signed-off-by: Elia Pinto <gitter.spiros@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2015-12-27git-gui/po/glossary/txt-to-pot.sh: use the $( ... ) construct for command ↵Libravatar Elia Pinto1-2/+2
substitution The Git CodingGuidelines prefer the $(...) construct for command substitution instead of using the backquotes `...`. The backquoted form is the traditional method for command substitution, and is supported by POSIX. However, all but the simplest uses become complicated quickly. In particular, embedded command substitutions and/or the use of double quotes require careful escaping with the backslash character. The patch was generated by: for _f in $(find . -name "*.sh") do perl -i -pe 'BEGIN{undef $/;} s/`(.+?)`/\$(\1)/smg' "${_f}" done and then carefully proof-read. Signed-off-by: Elia Pinto <gitter.spiros@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2015-12-27contrib/thunderbird-patch-inline/appp.sh: use the $( ... ) construct for ↵Libravatar Elia Pinto1-2/+2
command substitution The Git CodingGuidelines prefer the $(...) construct for command substitution instead of using the backquotes `...`. The backquoted form is the traditional method for command substitution, and is supported by POSIX. However, all but the simplest uses become complicated quickly. In particular, embedded command substitutions and/or the use of double quotes require careful escaping with the backslash character. The patch was generated by: for _f in $(find . -name "*.sh") do perl -i -pe 'BEGIN{undef $/;} s/`(.+?)`/\$(\1)/smg' "${_f}" done and then carefully proof-read. Signed-off-by: Elia Pinto <gitter.spiros@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2015-12-27contrib/examples/git-revert.sh: use the $( ... ) construct for command ↵Libravatar Elia Pinto1-4/+4
substitution The Git CodingGuidelines prefer the $(...) construct for command substitution instead of using the backquotes `...`. The backquoted form is the traditional method for command substitution, and is supported by POSIX. However, all but the simplest uses become complicated quickly. In particular, embedded command substitutions and/or the use of double quotes require careful escaping with the backslash character. The patch was generated by: for _f in $(find . -name "*.sh") do perl -i -pe 'BEGIN{undef $/;} s/`(.+?)`/\$(\1)/smg' "${_f}" done and then carefully proof-read. Signed-off-by: Elia Pinto <gitter.spiros@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2015-12-27contrib/examples/git-repack.sh: use the $( ... ) construct for command ↵Libravatar Elia Pinto1-2/+2
substitution The Git CodingGuidelines prefer the $(...) construct for command substitution instead of using the backquotes `...`. The backquoted form is the traditional method for command substitution, and is supported by POSIX. However, all but the simplest uses become complicated quickly. In particular, embedded command substitutions and/or the use of double quotes require careful escaping with the backslash character. The patch was generated by: for _f in $(find . -name "*.sh") do perl -i -pe 'BEGIN{undef $/;} s/`(.+?)`/\$(\1)/smg' "${_f}" done and then carefully proof-read. Signed-off-by: Elia Pinto <gitter.spiros@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2015-12-27contrib/examples/git-merge.sh: use the $( ... ) construct for command ↵Libravatar Elia Pinto1-2/+2
substitution The Git CodingGuidelines prefer the $(...) construct for command substitution instead of using the backquotes `...`. The backquoted form is the traditional method for command substitution, and is supported by POSIX. However, all but the simplest uses become complicated quickly. In particular, embedded command substitutions and/or the use of double quotes require careful escaping with the backslash character. The patch was generated by: for _f in $(find . -name "*.sh") do perl -i -pe 'BEGIN{undef $/;} s/`(.+?)`/\$(\1)/smg' "${_f}" done and then carefully proof-read. Signed-off-by: Elia Pinto <gitter.spiros@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2015-12-27contrib/examples/git-fetch.sh: use the $( ... ) construct for command ↵Libravatar Elia Pinto1-2/+2
substitution The Git CodingGuidelines prefer the $(...) construct for command substitution instead of using the backquotes `...`. The backquoted form is the traditional method for command substitution, and is supported by POSIX. However, all but the simplest uses become complicated quickly. In particular, embedded command substitutions and/or the use of double quotes require careful escaping with the backslash character. The patch was generated by: for _f in $(find . -name "*.sh") do perl -i -pe 'BEGIN{undef $/;} s/`(.+?)`/\$(\1)/smg' "${_f}" done and then carefully proof-read. Signed-off-by: Elia Pinto <gitter.spiros@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2015-12-27contrib/examples/git-commit.sh: use the $( ... ) construct for command ↵Libravatar Elia Pinto1-4/+4
substitution The Git CodingGuidelines prefer the $(...) construct for command substitution instead of using the backquotes `...`. The backquoted form is the traditional method for command substitution, and is supported by POSIX. However, all but the simplest uses become complicated quickly. In particular, embedded command substitutions and/or the use of double quotes require careful escaping with the backslash character. The patch was generated by: for _f in $(find . -name "*.sh") do perl -i -pe 'BEGIN{undef $/;} s/`(.+?)`/\$(\1)/smg' "${_f}" done and then carefully proof-read. Signed-off-by: Elia Pinto <gitter.spiros@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2015-12-22Git 2.7-rc2Libravatar Junio C Hamano2-1/+4
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2015-12-22Merge branch 'js/emu-write-epipe-on-windows'Libravatar Junio C Hamano2-0/+20
The write(2) emulation for Windows learned to set errno to EPIPE when necessary. * js/emu-write-epipe-on-windows: mingw: emulate write(2) that fails with a EPIPE
2015-12-22push: don't mark options of recurse-submodules for translationLibravatar Ralf Thielow1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Ralf Thielow <ralf.thielow@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2015-12-21Update release notes to 2.7Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+29
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2015-12-21Merge branch 'bc/format-patch-null-from-line'Libravatar Junio C Hamano7-1/+28
"format-patch" has learned a new option to zero-out the commit object name on the mbox "From " line. * bc/format-patch-null-from-line: format-patch: check that header line has expected format format-patch: add an option to suppress commit hash sha1_file.c: introduce a null_oid constant
2015-12-21Merge branch 'jk/ident-loosen-getpwuid'Libravatar Junio C Hamano3-24/+40
When getpwuid() on the system returned NULL (e.g. the user is not in the /etc/passwd file or other uid-to-name mappings), the codepath to find who the user is to record it in the reflog barfed and died. Loosen the check in this codepath, which already accepts questionable ident string (e.g. host part of the e-mail address is obviously bogus), and in general when we operate fmt_ident() function in non-strict mode. * jk/ident-loosen-getpwuid: ident: loosen getpwuid error in non-strict mode ident: keep a flag for bogus default_email ident: make xgetpwuid_self() a static local helper
2015-12-21Merge branch 'jk/send-email-ssl-errors'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+7
Improve error reporting when SMTP TLS fails. * jk/send-email-ssl-errors: send-email: enable SSL level 1 debug output
2015-12-21Merge branch 'sg/completion-no-column'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+1
The completion script (in contrib/) used to list "git column" (which is not an end-user facing command) as one of the choices * sg/completion-no-column: completion: remove 'git column' from porcelain commands
2015-12-21Merge branch 'mc/push-recurse-submodules-config'Libravatar Junio C Hamano7-27/+294
Add new config to avoid typing "--recurse-submodules" on each push. * mc/push-recurse-submodules-config: push: follow the "last one wins" convention for --recurse-submodules push: test that --recurse-submodules on command line overrides config push: add recurseSubmodules config option
2015-12-21mingw: emulate write(2) that fails with a EPIPELibravatar Johannes Schindelin2-0/+20
On Windows, when writing to a pipe fails, errno is always EINVAL. However, Git expects it to be EPIPE. According to the documentation, there are two cases in which write() triggers EINVAL: the buffer is NULL, or the length is odd but the mode is 16-bit Unicode (the broken pipe is not mentioned as possible cause). Git never sets the file mode to anything but binary, therefore we know that errno should actually be EPIPE if it is EINVAL and the buffer is not NULL. See https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/1570wh78.aspx for more details. This works around t5571.11 failing with v2.6.4 on Windows. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Acked-by: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2015-12-21Merge git://ozlabs.org/~paulus/gitkLibravatar Junio C Hamano3-664/+680
* git://ozlabs.org/~paulus/gitk: gitk: sv.po: Update Swedish translation (311t) gitk: Let .bleft.mid widgets 'breathe' gitk: Match ttk fonts to gitk fonts gitk: Update revision date in Japanese PO file gitk: Update "Language:" header gitk: Improve translation message gitk: Remove unused line gitk: Update year gitk: Change last translator line gitk: Update fuzzy messages gitk: Update Japanese translation gitk: Fix translation around copyright sign gitk: Update Japanese translation gitk: Fix wrong translation gitk: Translate Japanese catalog gitk: Translate more to Japanese catalog gitk: Update Japanese message catalog gitk: Re-sync line number in Japanese message catalogue gitk: Color name update
2015-12-19Merge branch 'ja.po' of https://github.com/qykth-git/gitkLibravatar Paul Mackerras1-356/+336
2015-12-19Merge branch 'color-fix' of https://github.com/qykth-git/gitkLibravatar Paul Mackerras1-6/+6
2015-12-16Merge branch 'fr/rebase-i-continue-preserve-options'Libravatar Junio C Hamano2-11/+23
"git rebase -i" started with merge strategy options did not propagate them upon "git rebase --continue". * fr/rebase-i-continue-preserve-options: rebase -i: remember merge options beyond continue actions
2015-12-16Merge branch 'maint'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+1
* maint: credential-store: don't pass strerror to die_errno()
2015-12-16Merge branch 'sg/lock-file-commit-error' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+1
* sg/lock-file-commit-error: credential-store: don't pass strerror to die_errno()
2015-12-16credential-store: don't pass strerror to die_errno()Libravatar SZEDER Gábor1-2/+1
Signed-off-by: SZEDER Gábor <szeder@ira.uka.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2015-12-15format-patch: check that header line has expected formatLibravatar brian m. carlson1-0/+7
The format of the "From " header line is very specific to allow utilities to detect Git-style patches. Add a test that the patches created are in the expected format. Signed-off-by: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2015-12-15format-patch: add an option to suppress commit hashLibravatar brian m. carlson5-1/+19
Oftentimes, patches created by git format-patch will be stored in version control or compared with diff. In these cases, two otherwise identical patches can have different commit hashes, leading to diff noise. Teach git format-patch a --zero-commit option that instead produces an all-zero hash to avoid this diff noise. Signed-off-by: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2015-12-15Git 2.7-rc1Libravatar Junio C Hamano2-8/+14
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2015-12-15Sync with maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+14
2015-12-15Update draft release notes to 2.6.5Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+14
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2015-12-15Merge branch 'dt/fsck-verify-pack-error' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+1
The exit code of git-fsck didnot reflect some types of errors found in packed objects, which has been corrected. * dt/fsck-verify-pack-error: verify_pack: do not ignore return value of verification function
2015-12-15Merge branch 'ep/ident-with-getaddrinfo' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-4/+27
A fix-up for recent topic. * ep/ident-with-getaddrinfo: ident: fix undefined variable when NO_IPV6 is set ident.c: add support for IPv6
2015-12-15Merge branch 'ls/p4-keep-empty-commits' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano3-17/+165
"git p4" used to import Perforce CLs that touch only paths outside the client spec as empty commits. It has been corrected to ignore them instead, with a new configuration git-p4.keepEmptyCommits as a backward compatibility knob. * ls/p4-keep-empty-commits: git-p4: add option to keep empty commits
2015-12-15Merge branch 'jk/send-email-complete-aliases'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+1
A fix-up for recent topic. * jk/send-email-complete-aliases: completion: fix completing unstuck email alias arguments
2015-12-15Merge branch 'ep/ident-with-getaddrinfo'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+1
A fix-up for recent topic. * ep/ident-with-getaddrinfo: ident: fix undefined variable when NO_IPV6 is set
2015-12-15Merge branch 'jk/prune-mtime' into maintLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+2
The helper used to iterate over loose object directories to prune stale objects did not closedir() immediately when it is done with a directory--a callback such as the one used for "git prune" may want to do rmdir(), but it would fail on open directory on platforms such as WinXP. * jk/prune-mtime: prune: close directory earlier during loose-object directory traversal
2015-12-15Merge branch 'ls/p4-keep-empty-commits'Libravatar Junio C Hamano3-17/+165
"git p4" used to import Perforce CLs that touch only paths outside the client spec as empty commits. It has been corrected to ignore them instead, with a new configuration git-p4.keepEmptyCommits as a backward compatibility knob. * ls/p4-keep-empty-commits: git-p4: add option to keep empty commits
2015-12-15Merge branch 'jk/prune-mtime'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+2
The helper used to iterate over loose object directories to prune stale objects did not closedir() immediately when it is done with a directory--a callback such as the one used for "git prune" may want to do rmdir(), but it would fail on open directory on platforms such as WinXP. * jk/prune-mtime: prune: close directory earlier during loose-object directory traversal
2015-12-14completion: fix completing unstuck email alias argumentsLibravatar SZEDER Gábor1-1/+1
Completing unstuck form of email aliases doesn't quite work: $ git send-email --to <TAB> alice bob cecil $ git send-email --to a<TAB> alice bob cecil While listing email aliases works as expected, the second case should just complete to 'alice', but it keeps offering all email aliases instead. The cause for this behavior is that in this case we mistakenly tell __gitcomp() explicitly that the current word to be completed is empty, while in reality it is not. As a result __gitcomp() doesn't filter out non-matching aliases, so all aliases end up being offered over and over again. Fix this by not passing the current word to be completed to __gitcomp() and letting it go the default route and grab it from the '$cur' variable. Don't pass empty prefix either, because it's assumed to be empty when unspecified, so it's not necessary. Signed-off-by: SZEDER Gábor <szeder@ira.uka.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2015-12-14sha1_file.c: introduce a null_oid constantLibravatar brian m. carlson2-0/+2
null_oid is the struct object_id equivalent to null_sha1. Signed-off-by: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2015-12-14ident: fix undefined variable when NO_IPV6 is setLibravatar Jeff King1-1/+1
Commit 00bce77 (ident.c: add support for IPv6, 2015-11-27) moved the "gethostbyname" call out of "add_domainname" and into the helper function "canonical_name". But when moving the code, it forgot that the "buf" variable is passed as "host" in the helper. Reported-by: johan defries <johandefries@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2015-12-14ident: loosen getpwuid error in non-strict modeLibravatar Jeff King1-8/+22
If the user has not specified an identity and we have to turn to getpwuid() to find the username or gecos field, we die immediately when getpwuid fails (e.g., because the user does not exist). This is OK for making a commit, where we have set IDENT_STRICT and would want to bail on bogus input. But for something like a reflog, where the ident is "best effort", it can be pain. For instance, even running "git clone" with a UID that is not in /etc/passwd will result in git barfing, just because we can't find an ident to put in the reflog. Instead of dying in xgetpwuid_self, we can instead return a fallback value, and set a "bogus" flag. For the username in an email, we already have a "default_email_is_bogus" flag. For the name field, we introduce (and check) a matching "default_name_is_bogus" flag. As a bonus, this means you now get the usual "tell me who you are" advice instead of just a "no such user" error. No tests, as this is dependent on configuration outside of git's control. However, I did confirm that it behaves sensibly when I delete myself from the local /etc/passwd (reflogs get written, and commits complain). Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>