Re: [PATCH 1/3] Ask git for author and committer name

From: Karl Hasselström <kha@treskal.com>
Date: Dec 5, 2006, 09:10 UTC
Message-ID: <20061205091017.GB25002@diana.vm.bytemark.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <b0943d9e0612041424v42313a2r22d8fc8d1b18cb55@mail.gmail.com>

On 2006-12-04 22:24:52 +0000, Catalin Marinas wrote:

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> On 11/11/06, Karl Hasselström <kha@treskal.com> wrote:
>
> > Consistently do the following to get hold of default user and
> > committer:
> >
> >   1. Use the value specified on the command line, if any.
> >
> >   1. Otherwise, use the value from stgitrc, if available.
> >
> >   2. Otherwise, ask git for the value. git will produce the value
> >      from on of its config files, from environment variables, or
> >      make it up. It might be asking the spirits of the dead for
> >      all we care.
>
> I haven't forgot about this patch. I switched StGIT to the gitconfig
> files and there won't be a need to invoke "git repo-config". I'll
> try to modify your patch.

Ah, nice. But will you still honor the git author and committer environment variables that way?

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Karl Hasselström, kha@treskal.com