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Re: How to avoid "Please tell me who you are..."?

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Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Date
Jun 2, 2017, 07:38 UTC
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On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 9:15 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
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> Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Is there no switch? Its the most efficient way to accomplish the task.
>
> This is a safety to help normal human users from hurting themselves,
> and it does not make any sense to have "I have no name, so record
> garbage, please" option, switch or setting that is different from
> "Here is the name I want you to use when recording things".
>
> The switch _is_ to set the names with whatever standard way.

Presumably OP doesn't want to mess with the env for whatever reason, in that case:

    git -c user.name=Nobody -c user.email=nobody@example.com
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  1. Jeffrey WaltonJun 2, 2017
  2. Jeffrey WaltonJun 2, 2017
  3. Konstantin KhomoutovJun 2, 2017
  4. Jeffrey WaltonJun 2, 2017
  5. Junio C HamanoJun 2, 2017
  6. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJun 2, 2017
  7. Junio C HamanoJun 2, 2017
  8. Junio C HamanoJun 6, 2017

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