The committer must use a name that matches one of the regular expressions in
the acknowledged-committer-names--patterns
input parameter.
Standardising the committer format will help you preserve the traceability of the commit history and avoid leaking personal information inadvertently.
A space-separated list of regular expressions of names to accept.
acknowledged-committer-names--patterns: '^\b$' # A regular expression that never matches anything.
acknowledged-committer-names--patterns: '\p{Lu}.*\s.+'
This regular expression makes the rule accept names that have at least two words where the first one starts with an uppercase letter:
The Little Mermaid
Santa Claus
Jeanne d'Arc
the little mermaid
Santa.claus
Jeanne