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Re: [PATCH] ident: say whose identity is missing when giving user.name hint

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Aug 21, 2020, 21:13 UTC
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Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> writes:
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>     If `user.name` and `user.email` have not been configured and the
>     user invokes:
>
>         git commit --author=...
>
>     without without specifying `--committer=`, then Git errors out
>     with a message asking the user to configure `user.name` and
>     `user.email` but doesn't tell the user which attribution was
>     missing. This can be confusing for a user new to Git who isn't
>     aware of the distinction between user, author, and committer.
>     Give such users a bit more help by extending the error message to
>     also say which attribution is expected.
Much easier to read.  Will steal.
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Message 7 of 10 in “--author arg on commit only works if there is an email configured already”
  1. Alvaro AlemanAug 21, 2020
  2. Andreas SchwabAug 21, 2020
  3. Junio C HamanoAug 21, 2020
  4. Alvaro AlemanAug 21, 2020
  5. ident: say whose identity is missing when giving user.name hintJunio C Hamano, Aug 21, 2020
  6. Eric SunshineAug 21, 2020
  7. Junio C HamanoAug 21, 2020
  8. Alvaro AlemanAug 21, 2020
  9. Eric SunshineAug 21, 2020
  10. Junio C HamanoAug 21, 2020

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