Allow user names with dots when creating modules
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Description
Description of the bug
When hosting your own modules repo on let's say gitlab, the username might contain dots because they are allowed there. The modules creation for the username does not like this and errors with an error message about missing the @
Can we be less strict on the user names to account for other git providers?
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Research direction
Start with the module-creation command and the username validation that rejects names containing dots. Reproduce the failure with a dotted username from a self-hosted GitLab-style repository, then verify that valid dotted names are accepted without removing the existing @ validation.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- cli, tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100