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[14:48:09 CDT(-0500)] <EricDalquist> since git doesn't really have a central server there is no "username" per-say, it just uses your email address on the commits
[14:48:32 CDT(-0500)] <EricDalquist> and in github you list the email address(es) that are you for association purposes
[14:48:34 CDT(-0500)] <holdorph> ok. seems reasonable to assume he'd get the same email address back 
[14:48:54 CDT(-0500)] <holdorph> i thought it was weird that github didn't authenticate your email addresses
[14:49:03 CDT(-0500)] <EricDalquist> Matthew Polizzotti <mpolizzotti@unicon.net> and Gary Thompson <gthompson@unicon.net> are in the mapping file as well
[14:49:04 CDT(-0500)] <EricDalquist> yes
[14:49:06 CDT(-0500)] <holdorph> you can just put in whatever addresses you want that aren't already used.
[14:49:10 CDT(-0500)] <EricDalquist> I thought it strange as well
[14:49:23 CDT(-0500)] <EricDalquist> I wonder how they deal with conflicts