Andreas Schwab <schwab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Jun 20 2025, Junio C Hamano wrote: > >> Do we know symbolic port names are always limited to alnums? Or on >> some systems some byte values in the fringe, like "_" or "-", are >> also allowed? > > Valid service names are documented in RFC6335. Specifically it allows > hyphens, but not underscores. Yes, something like that is what I wanted the original contributor to write in the proposed log message to explain how the loosened rule for accepted "port" was chosen (and relize that alnum is not sufficient). Thanks.
