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Re: [PATCH] user.default: New config to prevent using the default values for user.*

From
SBSanti Béjar <sbejar@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 5, 2008, 20:36 UTC
Message-ID
<8aa486160803051236x2e184915hf5d2448a832f4c63@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 8:54 PM, Jon Loeliger <jdl@freescale.com> wrote:
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> Santi Béjar wrote:
>  > Useful when you want a different email/name for each repository
>  >
>  > Signed-off-by: Santi Béjar <sbejar@gmail.com>
>  > ---
>  >  Documentation/config.txt |    5 +++++
>  >  cache.h                  |    1 +
>  >  config.c                 |    5 +++++
>  >  environment.c            |    1 +
>  >  ident.c                  |    6 +++---
>  >  5 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>  >
>  > diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
>  > index 4027726..d7e5b6d 100644
>  > --- a/Documentation/config.txt
>  > +++ b/Documentation/config.txt
>  > @@ -914,6 +914,11 @@ url.<base>.insteadOf::
>  >       never-before-seen repository on the site.  When more than one
>  >       insteadOf strings match a given URL, the longest match is used.
>  >
>  > +user.default::
>  > +     If false the defaults values for user.email and user.name are not
>
>  s/defaults/default
>
Thanks
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>
>  > +     used. Useful when you want a different email/name for each
>  > +     repository, normally set in the global config file.
>  > +
>
>  You already _can_ have a different email/name for each
>  repository, right?  Isn't the issue that you want to _force_
>  each repository to explicitly have these values set?
>

Maybe: Useful when you want a different email/name for each repository, so you can set this in the global config file and then you are force to set the user.email and user.name in each repository.

(sorry for my non-native english)
Thanks
Santi
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  1. user.default: New config to prevent using the default values for user.*Santi Béjar, Mar 5, 2008
  2. Jon LoeligerMar 5, 2008
  3. Santi BéjarMar 5, 2008
  4. Johannes SchindelinMar 5, 2008
  5. Daniel BarkalowMar 5, 2008
  6. Santi BéjarMar 5, 2008
  7. Alex RiesenMar 5, 2008
  8. Santi BéjarMar 6, 2008
  9. Alex RiesenMar 7, 2008
  10. Santi BéjarMar 8, 2008
  11. Johannes SchindelinMar 8, 2008
  12. Junio C HamanoMar 8, 2008
  13. Johannes SchindelinMar 8, 2008
  14. Jakub NarebskiMar 5, 2008
  15. Santi BéjarMar 5, 2008
  16. Junio C HamanoMar 5, 2008
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  18. Junio C HamanoMar 5, 2008
  19. Santi BéjarMar 5, 2008
  20. Junio C HamanoMar 5, 2008
  21. Santi BéjarMar 5, 2008
  22. Junio C HamanoMar 6, 2008
  23. Santi BéjarMar 6, 2008

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