From: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2013 09:59:21 GMT
Subject: Re: git should not use a default user.email config value
Message-ID: <52060EF9.2040504@alum.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20130810064717.GB30185@sigill.intra.peff.net>

On 08/10/2013 08:47 AM, Jeff King wrote:
> But I think MX records and deliverability is beside the point. Even in a
> case where we come up with a valid, deliverable address, is that what
> the user wants to have in their commit history for all time?

I intentionally don't set user.email in my ~/.gitconfig because I use
different identities (on the same machine) depending on what project I
am committing to (open-source vs. work).  After I clone a repo, I *rely*
on Git reminding me to set user.email on my first commit, because I
invariably forget to set it myself.  And for me, *any* universal,
heuristically-determined email address would be wrong for me for at
least some repos.

Michael

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