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Re: [RFE] Please add name and email to git credentials

From
Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 1, 2018, 14:13 UTC
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On Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at 2:31 PM Nicolas Mailhot <nicolas.mailhot@laposte.net> wrote:

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>
> Le jeudi 01 novembre 2018 à 12:22 +0100, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason a
> écrit :
> >
> > Where would we get an E-Mail to lookup to pass to the helper? Are you
> > just asking that the helper git the result of $(git config user.name
> > &&
> > git config user.email)? If so why can't it just look this up itself?
>
> So, just in case it was not clear enough, allow things in .gitconfig
> like
>
> [credential "https://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/"]
> username = doe4ever
> name = John Doe
> email = doe4ever@fedoraproject.org
> [credential "https://gitlab.corp.com/"]
> username = jdoe56874
> name = John Doe, Snr Engineer
> email = john.doe@corp.com
>
> Instead of just
>
> [user]
> name = John Doe
> email =  john.doe@corp.com
> [credential "https://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/"]
> username = doe4ever
> [credential "https://gitlab.corp.com/"]
> username = jdoe56874
>
> and drat, I've commited to XXX with the wrong name/email again

How can Git know when you commit where you will want to push the commit afterwards?

What if you want to push the same commit to 2 different places that need different credentials?

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  5. Christian CouderNov 1, 2018
  6. Nicolas MailhotNov 1, 2018
  7. Christian CouderNov 2, 2018
  8. Nicolas MailhotNov 2, 2018
  9. Jeff KingNov 2, 2018
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  12. Randall S. BeckerNov 1, 2018
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