Re: [PATCH] commit: add --committer option

> On 2025-11-10 at 16:50:04, Phillip Wood wrote:
> > On 09/11/2025 10:22, ZheNing Hu via GitGitGadget wrote:
> > > From: ZheNing Hu <adlternative@gmail.com>
> > > 
> > >      This patch introduces the --committer option to git-commit, providing:
> > >       1. Consistency with the existing --author option
> > >       2. A more convenient alternative to environment variables
> > >       3. Better support for automated workflows and scripts
> > >       4. Improved user experience when managing multiple identities
> > 
> > What's the use case for the same person committing under different
> > identities? We already have a config mechanism to set different identities
> > for different repositories but I'm struggling to see why someone would want
> > to create commits under multiple identities in a single repository. For
> > scripts it easy enough to set the relevant environment variables if a tool
> > wants to create commits under its own identity.
> 
> Someone who works on the same project under both their personal and
> corporate identities.  For instance, me working on the Git project.
> 
> Some open source projects also require a CLA and you have to use a
> particular address to match the one that's listed on the CLA.  For
> example, Google requires an address with a Google account, so in the
> hypothetical state where I was going to contribute to one of their
> projects, I'd need to use a different committer identity with my Gmail
> address.
> 
> I've also kept business logs in Git when I had a small business and I
> might well need to log approving a profit distribution (with my
> corporate address) and log accepting a profit distribution (with my
> personal address).  Those would need separate digital signatures from my
> two different email addresses.