Commit does not allow missing email address but whoami says this is allowed

[Martin Pool]

On  2 Nov 2006, Nicholas Allen <nick.allen at onlinehome.de> wrote:
> The reason why not is because every developer has an id and that id is 
> unique for our company. We use this id not just in source code but 
> everywhere. So everyone is familiar with everyone else's id (which is 
> based on their initials) and there is no need for an email address as 
> far as we are concerned.

Then i'd suggest using 

  abc at company

Just thing of it as a way to get a globally unique id; it doesn't have
to be able to receive mail.

-- 
Martin