From: Steffen Prohaska Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 22:05:50 GMT Subject: [PATCH] Improved hint on how to set identity Message-ID: <1187042750257-git-send-email-prohaska@zib.de> Users typically want to set the default for their account. Thus, start the hint with how to achieve that; and only later explain how to restrict identity to a single repository. Signed-off-by: Steffen Prohaska --- ident.c | 8 ++++---- 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) I watched someone setting up git, who never used it before. The hint was leading him into the wrong direction. He certainly wanted to set a global default. Let's give users the right hint first. Steffen diff --git a/ident.c b/ident.c index 6612d17..9b2a852 100644 --- a/ident.c +++ b/ident.c @@ -185,11 +185,11 @@ static const char *env_hint = "\n" "Run\n" "\n" -" git config user.email \"you@email.com\"\n" -" git config user.name \"Your Name\"\n" +" git config --global user.email \"you@email.com\"\n" +" git config --global user.name \"Your Name\"\n" "\n" -"To set the identity in this repository.\n" -"Add --global to set your account\'s default\n" +"to set your account\'s default identity.\n" +"Omit --global to set the identity only in this repository.\n" "\n"; const char *fmt_ident(const char *name, const char *email, -- 1.5.3.rc4.96.g6ceb