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Re:Claude Code sends your email address to websites by alt227 on Friday November 06, 2026 @10:36AM (#50393631)
Why does it need to perform a commit to read the log?
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Re:Claude Code sends your email address to websites by handoflixue on Friday November 06, 2026 @01:35PM (#50396385)
The repo's other commits could be from someone else - whereas a commit it wrote itself is guaranteed to be from the correct/local account.
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Re:Claude Code sends your email address to websites by alt227 on Friday November 06, 2026 @02:34PM (#50397236)
Can it not check the current credentials that it would potentially be using to make said commit?
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Re:Claude Code sends your email address to websites by jstanley on Saturday November 07, 2026 @03:49AM (#50402813)
Sure, I was providing an example of how it could be done, not an exhaustive list.
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