Re: Multiple user.name and user.email (possible feature request)

From: Steven Michalske <smichalske@gmail.com>
Date: Apr 18, 2010, 18:16 UTC
Message-ID: <F5BFE3BD-7416-4F13-AF7F-0775E3234C92@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <19402.52486.274010.66636@winooski.ccs.neu.edu>

On Apr 18, 2010, at 2:12 AM, Eli Barzilay wrote:

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> Is there a way to have *no* default or some invalid default for the
> name/email -- something that will make git refuse to create a commit?
>
> For example, I'd be happy if I could put this in my global config:
>
>  [user]
>    name = "Eli Barzilay"
>    email = "-"
>
> and then have git barf at me when I try to commit with these settings,
> since I prefer being forced to set the appropriate address for each
> repository rather than deal with the alternative confusion (or just
> accepting the limitations and always using the same name/email).

Eli,

Just set the variable in the repository, not the global config.

i.e. drop the --global flag. So, in your repository: git config user.email "that-repos-config"

I have three different email address for different repositories on my computer. I have my global config set with my most common address, and the repositories with the less common email set locally in the repository.

Steve