Re: [PATCH] commit: suggest --amend --reset-author to fix commiter identity

Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:

The complete message says:

"Your name and email address were configured automatically based\n" "on your username and hostname. Please check that they are accurate.\n" "You can suppress this message by setting them explicitly:\n" "\n" " git config --global user.name \"Your Name\"\n" " git config --global user.email you@example.com\n" "\n" "If the identity used for this commit is wrong, you can fix it with:\n" "\n" " git commit --amend --author='Your Name <you@example.com>'\n" "\n" "or\n" "\n" " git commit --amend --reset-author\n";

So, the natural thing to do is

git config --global user.name "me" git config --global user.email "my.email@bla.com" git commit --amend --reset-author

and it's not necessary to use the longer

git config --global user.name "me" git config --global user.email "my.email@bla.com" git commit --amend --author='me <my.email@bla.com>'