Comment by throwaway81523
4 years ago
That's just a convention in git. I always use fake emails in commits and nothing has happened to me.
4 years ago
That's just a convention in git. I always use fake emails in commits and nothing has happened to me.
Yes and no. No, it is not a convention. A commit must contain an e-mail address. That’s how the data structure is specified. Of course, whether you use an existing e-mail address or whatever is entirely up to you. I’m not sure if it needs to be RFC-compliant.
Still, even a fake address will be visible to everyone.
Using something with the syntax of an email address is a requirement. Having that be a real, deliverable email address is a convention. If it's a fake address, then sure, spammers can see it, but spamming it is useless to them.