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

From
NMNicolas Mailhot <nicolas.mailhot@laposte.net>
Date
Nov 1, 2018, 11:32 UTC
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<b2895479becfa9213935804aceaf4881c49073e8.camel@laposte.net>
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Le jeudi 01 novembre 2018 à 10:59 +0100, Nicolas Mailhot a écrit :
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> Hi,
> 
> A dev persona is not just a username, please add email (and probably
> also name) support to git credentials so the correct set for a repo
> url
> is automatically picked up by git

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 = foo4ever@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 email = foo@fedoraproject.org [credential "https://gitlab.corp.com/"] username = jdoe56874

and drat, I've commited to XXX with the wrong name/email again
-- 
Nicolas Mailhot
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Message 13 of 13 in “[RFE] Please add name and email to git credentials”
  1. Nicolas MailhotNov 1, 2018
  2. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonNov 1, 2018
  3. Nicolas MailhotNov 1, 2018
  4. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonNov 1, 2018
  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
  10. Nicolas MailhotNov 2, 2018
  11. Jeff KingNov 2, 2018
  12. Randall S. BeckerNov 1, 2018
  13. Nicolas MailhotNov 1, 2018

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