From: Piotr Krukowiecki <piotr.krukowiecki@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2019 07:03:12 GMT
Subject: Re: "commit --author=..." does not work if global email and name is not set
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On Tue, Apr 9, 2019 at 8:31 AM Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> I do not think 4. is what Jakub meant, which is to make the author
> and committer identity for real humans come from the configuration
> that becomes in effect automatically by merely logging in.

Unfortunately this is not possible


> If that cannot be arranged, something like 4. may have to serve as a
> rough approximation; that sound like the best you could do under
> that limitation without breaking the general usability of the
> system.

What do you think about my "--user" idea?


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Piotr Krukowiecki