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Diffusion shows no author information if it was associated with a deleted user
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So I imported a repository and the commits were automatically associated with a user account. I've since deleted that user.

But now I get no author information on a commit at all (a new user with the same email address now exists but it didn't re-associate):

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Is there a way to re-scan all the commits to re-establish a link to the new user? Or just get rid of this association with an old user?

I don't mind having no association with a user, as long as it doesn't blank out the Authored field with the Unknown Object.

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• Wideshanks created this task.May 20 2015, 3:08 PM
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epriestley triaged this task as Wishlist priority.May 20 2015, 3:51 PM
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We strongly recommend you disable (rather than delete) users for this reason. This is explained in the prompt when you try to delete a user.

If this user interacted with anything, it is generally better to disable them, not delete them. If you delete them, it will no longer be possible to (for example) search for objects they created, and you will lose other information about their history. Disabling them instead will prevent them from logging in, but will not destroy any of their data.

joshuaspence added a project: Diffusion.May 24 2015, 1:00 AM
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epriestley moved this task from Backlog to Triage on the Diffusion board.Feb 2 2017, 4:09 PM
chad moved this task from Triage to UI Refresh on the Diffusion board.Jun 7 2017, 3:03 AM
epriestley mentioned this in T13075: Plans: Diffusion authors, Herald ref rules, parsing, performance.Feb 14 2018, 1:33 AM
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