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--- a/doc/todo/git_attribution/discussion.mdwn
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@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ no determination of uniqueness)
 > GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL can also be set.
 > 
 > There is one thing yet to be solved, and that is how to tell the
 > GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL can also be set.
 > 
 > There is one thing yet to be solved, and that is how to tell the

-> difference between a web commit by 'Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>',
+> difference between a web commit by 'Joey Hess <joey\@kitenet.net>',

 > and a git commit by the same. I think we do want to differentiate these,
 > and the best way to do it seems to be to add a line to the end of the
 > commit message. Something like: "\n\nWeb-commit: true"
 > and a git commit by the same. I think we do want to differentiate these,
 > and the best way to do it seems to be to add a line to the end of the
 > commit message. Something like: "\n\nWeb-commit: true"


@@ -81,3 +81,18 @@ no determination of uniqueness)
 > to be left in. But it will need to take care to only parse that if the
 > commit isn't flagged as a web commit! Else web committers could forge
 > commits from others. --[[Joey]]
 > to be left in. But it will need to take care to only parse that if the
 > commit isn't flagged as a web commit! Else web committers could forge
 > commits from others. --[[Joey]]

+> 
+> BTW, I decided not to use the user's email address in the commit, because
+> then the email becomes part of project history, and you don't really
+> expect that to happen when you give your email address on signup to a web
+> site.
+> 
+> The problem with leaving the email empty is that it confuses some things
+> that try to parse it, including: 
+> * cia (wants a username in there):
+> * git pull --rebase (?)
+> * github pushes to twitter ;-)
+> 
+> So while I tried that way at first, I'm now leaning toward encoding the
+> username in the email address. Like "user <user\@web>", or
+> "joey <http://joey.kitenet.net/\@web>".