# HG changeset patch
# User Marcin Kuzminski <marcin@python-works.com>
# Date 2013-04-16 01:42:24
# Node ID 848492e2aafadd2ab01c0817f820b801570dcae9
# Parent  5a8918aba869c3d34fd33c8aaef61ef0292cc283

h.person, if author name is empty, use email as a fallback

diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/helpers.py b/rhodecode/lib/helpers.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/helpers.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/helpers.py
@@ -456,8 +456,8 @@ def person(author, show_attr="username_a
     if user is not None:
         return person_getter(user)
 
-    # Still nothing?  Just pass back the author name then
-    return _author
+    # Still nothing?  Just pass back the author name if any, else the email
+    return _author or _email
 
 
 def person_by_id(id_, show_attr="username_and_name"):