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Re: [PATCH v4 1/1] config: allow giving separate author and committer idents

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Feb 4, 2019, 12:23 UTC
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<nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.1902041319250.41@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet>
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<20190130003550.15502-2-williamh@gentoo.org>
Hi William,
On Tue, 29 Jan 2019, William Hubbs wrote:
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> diff --git a/Documentation/config/user.txt b/Documentation/config/user.txt
> index b5b2ba1199..8b31b5fa31 100644
> --- a/Documentation/config/user.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/config/user.txt
> @@ -1,12 +1,19 @@
> -user.email::
> -	Your email address to be recorded in any newly created commits.
> -	Can be overridden by the `GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL`, `GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL`, and
> -	`EMAIL` environment variables.  See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1].
> -
>  user.name::
> -	Your full name to be recorded in any newly created commits.
> -	Can be overridden by the `GIT_AUTHOR_NAME` and `GIT_COMMITTER_NAME`
> -	environment variables.  See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1].
> +user.email::
> +author.name::
> +author.email::
> +committer.name::
> +committer.email::
> +	The `user.name` and `user.email` variables determine what ends
> +	up in the `author` and `committer` field of commit
> +	objects.
> +	If you need the `author` or `committer` to be different, the
> +	`author.name`, `author.email`, `committer.name` or
> +	`committer.email` variables can be set.
> +	Also, all of these can be overridden by the `GIT_AUTHOR_NAME`,
> +	`GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL`, `GIT_COMMITTER_NAME` and
> +	`GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL` environment variables.
> +	See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1] for more information.

This no longer talks about the `EMAIL` variable. Maybe we can add that back?

The rest looks very clean to me.

Thanks, Johannes

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  1. 0/1 config: allow giving separate author and committer identsWilliam Hubbs, Jan 30, 2019
  2. 1/1 config: allow giving separate author and committer identsWilliam Hubbs, Jan 30, 2019
  3. Johannes SchindelinFeb 4, 2019

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