Refined-github: Show real names in addition to handles.

[jamestalmage]

I've made incorrect assumptions about a persons real name from their handle before. There is plenty of space to show the real name in addition to the handle:

[sindresorhus]

Yes! I keep forgetting people's real name because I only see their username all day.

I prefer the former style.

[DrewML]

This is one of the few features where I can't believe it's not already in the core product.

[paulmolluzzo]

This is one of the few features where I can't believe it's not already in the core product.

I agree, this is such an obvious thing now that I see a screencap. In their defense, we haven't thought of it either though. 😛

@DrewML I'd say more than a "few" though. I just looked over the readme and counted nearly a dozen that I forgot weren't in GH out of the box.

[lukehefson]

Hey hey!

Just for anyone watching – we added a version of this idea natively to GitHub!

😍

[Lexicality]

That's so weird, why only private repos? Surely this should just be a per-user display option

[fregante]

@lukechilds I'm not seeing that in any of my organizations, was the feature removed?

[lukechilds]

@fregante I think you meant @lukehefson 😉

[lukehefson]

It wasn’t removed as far as I know. @fregante are the orgs on Team or Enterprise plans (not legacy per-repo plans)?

We scoped quite tightly to Team and Enterprise plans on private repos as we wanted to continue to encourage open source communities to use handles over full names. However, it’s definitely something that we might reconsider in the future so I’m always interest in y’all’s feedback!

[Lexicality]

@lukehefson A couple of thoughts:

• Why do you want to encourage usernames only?
• It's more enforcement than encouragement if you don't provide the option? 🤔
• Notification emails only use full names without any mention of the user's handle which has been confusing to me multiple times in the past and seems to go against the "usernames only" policy.