Hi *,
how can I forbid the gecos info and always force git to ask for an explicit user.name and user.email?
I use a different email for personal projects and for work projects, using the same machine. So I set user.email locally in each repository. But when I forget setting this I get userid@hostname.(none) as the email. Is there a way to just die and ask for this info (maybe user.AlwaysExplicit or something like that)?
Thanks
Santi
Jakub NarebskiRe: How to force explicit user info
"Santi Béjar" <sbejar@gmail.com> writes:
> How can I forbid the gecos info and always force git to ask for an > explicit user.name and user.email? > > I use a different email for personal projects and for work projects, > using the same machine. So I set user.email locally in each > repository. But when I forget setting this I get > userid@hostname.(none) as the email. Is there a way to just die and > ask for this info (maybe user.AlwaysExplicit or something like that)?
I don't think there is a way to get exactly what you want... unless you would "scratch that itch"... :-)
You can set default user.name and user.email in the ~/.gitconfig global (user) git configuration, and in /etc/gitconfig for system-wide git config, though. HTH.
-- Jakub Narebski Poland ShadeHawk on #git
Re: How to force explicit user info
On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 3:38 PM, Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> wrote:
> > "Santi Béjar" <sbejar@gmail.com> writes: > > > How can I forbid the gecos info and always force git to ask for an > > explicit user.name and user.email? > > > > I use a different email for personal projects and for work projects, > > using the same machine. So I set user.email locally in each > > repository. But when I forget setting this I get > > userid@hostname.(none) as the email. Is there a way to just die and > > ask for this info (maybe user.AlwaysExplicit or something like that)? > > I don't think there is a way to get exactly what you want... unless > you would "scratch that itch"... :-)
Yes, I'll add this to my todo.
> > You can set default user.name and user.email in the ~/.gitconfig > global (user) git configuration, and in /etc/gitconfig for system-wide > git config, though. HTH.
But I don't want a default user.{name,email}.Santi
> > -- > Jakub Narebski > Poland > ShadeHawk on #git >
Daniel BarkalowRe: How to force explicit user info
On Wed, 5 Mar 2008, Santi Béjar wrote:
> Hi *, > > > how can I forbid the gecos info and always force git to ask for an > explicit user.name and user.email? > > I use a different email for personal projects and for work projects, > using the same machine. So I set user.email locally in each > repository. But when I forget setting this I get > userid@hostname.(none) as the email. Is there a way to just die and > ask for this info (maybe user.AlwaysExplicit or something like that)?
It doesn't work now, but I think a global:
[user] name
Could usefully be made to disable the default.
-Daniel *This .sig left intentionally blank*
Re: How to force explicit user info
On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 3:45 PM, Daniel Barkalow <barkalow@iabervon.org> wrote:
> > On Wed, 5 Mar 2008, Santi Béjar wrote: > > > Hi *, > > > > > > how can I forbid the gecos info and always force git to ask for an > > explicit user.name and user.email? > > > > I use a different email for personal projects and for work projects, > > using the same machine. So I set user.email locally in each > > repository. But when I forget setting this I get > > userid@hostname.(none) as the email. Is there a way to just die and > > ask for this info (maybe user.AlwaysExplicit or something like that)? > > It doesn't work now, but I think a global: > > [user] > name > > Could usefully be made to disable the default. >
Yes, in fact I tried it. I think it makes sense as a way to disable the default name, instead of another config option.
Santi