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Re: How to force git to use authentication as author

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JBJ. Bakshi <joydeep@infoservices.in>
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Jul 14, 2011, 10:48 UTC
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On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:38:59 +0200 Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 12:36, J. Bakshi <joydeep@infoservices.in> wrote:
> 
> > How can I force git to use the username as define at /home/git/PASSWD as the author name for git commit ?
> 
> Edit the global bashrc to have:
> 
>     export GIT_AUTHOR_NAME=$(cat ~/PASSWD)
> 
> ?
Thanks. 
[1] will it work with file generated by htpasswd ? as that file is actually created by same (/home/git/PASSWD)
[2] And the commit is over http, So is it effective to set the value by .bashrc ?
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