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Re: Possible git git config --global user.email BUG

From
NWNick Warne <nick@ukfsn.org>
Date
Mar 16, 2008, 19:35 UTC
Message-ID
<20080316193532.14554328@linuxamd.linicks.net>
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<20080316192636.3075d0eb@linuxamd.linicks.net>
OK, ignore this.  I am an _IDIOT_

On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:26:36 +0000 Nick Warne <nick@ukfsn.org> wrote:

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> Hi all,
> 
> I have been using git clone for 'pull' only for a while (kernel, Xorg
> etc. etc.), but today starting using local commit and creating patches
> for Fluxbox project.
> 
> On a new clone of fluxbox, I issued:
> 
> git config --global nick.email <real.mail.address>
> git config --global nick.name "Nick Warne"
All works fine... I issued the --global commands incorrectly.
Sorry for the noise.
Nick
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