{"thread":{"id":"12717","subject":"Possible git git config --global user.email BUG","startedAt":"2008-03-16T19:26:36Z","lastAt":"2008-03-16T19:41:56Z","messageCount":3,"participants":["Nick Warne","Linus Torvalds"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"72229","messageId":"20080316192636.3075d0eb@linuxamd.linicks.net","threadId":"12717","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"Possible git git config --global user.email BUG","fromName":"Nick Warne","fromEmail":"nick@ukfsn.org","sentAt":"2008-03-16T19:26:36Z","receivedAt":"2008-03-16T19:26:36Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"nick@ukfsn.org","avatar":null},"body":"Hi all,\n\nI have been using git clone for 'pull' only for a while (kernel, Xorg\netc. etc.), but today starting using local commit and creating patches\nfor Fluxbox project.\n\nOn a new clone of fluxbox, I issued:\n\ngit config --global nick.email <real.mail.address>\ngit config --global nick.name \"Nick Warne\"\n\nI then made my changes and issued:\n\ngit commit -a\n\nAll OK.\n\nThen showing changes (and also creating the patch BTW!):\n\ngit show\n\nReveals that the change DIFF grabs hold of my local user.domain and not\nwhat I earlier set-up:\n\nFrom: Nick Warne <nick@linuxamd.linicks.net>\nDate: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 15:51:49 +0000\n\n\nThis happens on all the patches....  Have I done something wrong?\n\nThanks for any help.\n\nNick\n-- \nFree Software Foundation Associate Member 5508\n"},{"id":"72230","messageId":"20080316193532.14554328@linuxamd.linicks.net","threadId":"12717","inReplyTo":"20080316192636.3075d0eb@linuxamd.linicks.net","subject":"Re: Possible git git config --global user.email BUG","fromName":"Nick Warne","fromEmail":"nick@ukfsn.org","sentAt":"2008-03-16T19:35:32Z","receivedAt":"2008-03-16T19:35:32Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"nick@ukfsn.org","avatar":null},"body":"OK, ignore this.  I am an _IDIOT_\n\nOn Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:26:36 +0000\nNick Warne <nick@ukfsn.org> wrote:\n\n> Hi all,\n> \n> I have been using git clone for 'pull' only for a while (kernel, Xorg\n> etc. etc.), but today starting using local commit and creating patches\n> for Fluxbox project.\n> \n> On a new clone of fluxbox, I issued:\n> \n> git config --global nick.email <real.mail.address>\n> git config --global nick.name \"Nick Warne\"\n\nAll works fine... I issued the --global commands incorrectly.\n\nSorry for the noise.\n\nNick\n-- \nFree Software Foundation Associate Member 5508\n"},{"id":"72231","messageId":"alpine.LFD.1.00.0803161241180.3020@woody.linux-foundation.org","threadId":"12717","inReplyTo":"20080316192636.3075d0eb@linuxamd.linicks.net","subject":"Re: Possible git git config --global user.email BUG","fromName":"Linus Torvalds","fromEmail":"torvalds@linux-foundation.org","sentAt":"2008-03-16T19:41:56Z","receivedAt":"2008-03-16T19:41:56Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"torvalds@linux-foundation.org","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1024025?v=4"},"body":"\n\nOn Sun, 16 Mar 2008, Nick Warne wrote:\n> \n> git config --global nick.email <real.mail.address>\n> git config --global nick.name \"Nick Warne\"\n\n\"nick.email/name\"?\n\nShould be \"user\", not \"nick\".\n\n\t\tLinus\n"}]}