From: "Kristoffer Haugsbakk" <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail•com>
To: 'usharerose' <ushareroses@gmail•com>, git@vger•kernel.org
Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] validation on git config user.email
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2025 13:58:17 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <62774477-81d2-4959-aa5f-fe0dca023a2a@app.fastmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJKmQvf-sLxowLJLitvqDmyL1BXXDK+anDE2jaBSEabApMNVoQ@mail.gmail.com>
On Fri, Sep 12, 2025, at 06:13, usharerose wrote:
> I'm a Git user and curious about a specific aspect of Git's design
> regarding the 'user.email' configuration.
>
> Git allows any kind of values without restriction when setting
> 'user.email' via 'git config' (e.g., `git config user.email
> "not-a-valid-email-address"`).
>
> I'm interested in understanding the design philosophy or historical
> reasons behind this 'lack' of validation.
>
> I've glanced through the documentations, archived emails, or forum
> topics, but couldn't find a definitive or official statement.
What’s the positive case for email validation?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-09-14 11:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-09-12 4:13 [DISCUSS] validation on git config user.email usharerose
2025-09-12 15:00 ` rsbecker
2025-09-12 16:29 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-09-12 18:06 ` usharerose
2025-09-12 16:52 ` usharerose
2025-09-12 17:23 ` rsbecker
2025-09-12 17:44 ` usharerose
2025-09-14 11:17 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2025-09-14 16:59 ` rsbecker
2025-09-12 15:13 ` Konstantin Ryabitsev
2025-09-12 15:39 ` Thomas Guyot
2025-09-12 18:02 ` usharerose
2025-09-14 11:58 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk [this message]
2025-09-15 13:40 ` usharerose
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