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Re: different name and email address depending on folder

From
Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 8, 2011, 08:29 UTC
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<20110108082957.GE27334@kytes>
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Hi Rich,
Rich Eakin writes:
> I am currently using git-config in a bash script to set my user / email.  I was wondering if it was possible to tell git that if I am in a certain directory to use a specific user / email other than what is in my global config.

It's possible on a per-repository basis, as I pointed out in the last email; but no- I don't think it's possible on a per-directory basis within the same repository. You might consider separting your private work from your company's repository.

p.s- I think you've used the term "global" incorrectly here. Global configuration applies to all repositories. Per-repository configuration overrides the global configuration for that repository.

-- Ram
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