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Re: enhancement: support for author.email and author.name in "git config"

From
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 7, 2018, 22:44 UTC
Message-ID
<20181207224428.GE73340@google.com>
In-Reply-To
<20181207222147.GA22590@whubbs1.gaikai.biz>
William Hubbs wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 06, 2018 at 11:20:07PM +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
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>> There *is* a way to get what you want that is super easy and will
>> definitely work: if you sit down and do it ;-)
>>
>> Please let us know if you need any additional information before you can
>> start.
>
> Which branch should I work off of in the repo?
"master".

Also, please make sure the documentation (e.g. in Documentation/config/user.txt) describes when a user would want to set this option.

See also:
- Documentation/SubmittingPatches
- the DISCUSSION section of "git help format-patch"
- [1]
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/user-manual.html#hacking-git

Thanks, Jonathan

[1] https://github.com/gitgitgadget/gitgitgadget#a-bot-to-serve-as-glue-between-github-pull-requests-and-the-git-mailing-list
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  1. William HubbsDec 6, 2018
  2. Martin ÅgrenDec 6, 2018
  3. William HubbsDec 6, 2018
  4. Johannes SchindelinDec 6, 2018
  5. William HubbsDec 7, 2018
  6. Jonathan NiederDec 7, 2018
  7. William HubbsDec 13, 2018
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