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Re: Possible git git config --global user.email BUG

From
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date
Mar 16, 2008, 19:41 UTC
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<alpine.LFD.1.00.0803161241180.3020@woody.linux-foundation.org>
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<20080316192636.3075d0eb@linuxamd.linicks.net>
On Sun, 16 Mar 2008, Nick Warne wrote:
> 
> git config --global nick.email <real.mail.address>
> git config --global nick.name "Nick Warne"
"nick.email/name"?
Should be "user", not "nick".
		Linus
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