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by swhitf 1302 days ago
Usually it is to detect the user is registered to (or their domain is mapped to) an account with SSO or Social Auth and prompt them for that login mechanism. If the user is being required to go via the SSO provider, it makes sense to ask for the email first before they input their password so that they can be redirected it neccesary.