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Possible git git config --global user.email BUG

Subject: Possible git git config --global user.email BUG

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3 messages between Mar 16, 2008 and Mar 16, 2008.

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Nick Warne· Mar 16, 2008, 19:26 UTC · lore

Hi all,

I have been using git clone for 'pull' only for a while (kernel, Xorg etc. etc.), but today starting using local commit and creating patches for Fluxbox project.

On a new clone of fluxbox, I issued:

git config --global nick.email <real.mail.address> git config --global nick.name "Nick Warne"

I then made my changes and issued:

git commit -a

All OK.

Then showing changes (and also creating the patch BTW!):

git show

Reveals that the change DIFF grabs hold of my local user.domain and not what I earlier set-up:

From: Nick Warne <nick@linuxamd.linicks.net>
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 15:51:49 +0000

This happens on all the patches....  Have I done something wrong?

Thanks for any help.

Nick

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Nick Warne· Mar 16, 2008, 19:35 UTC · re: Nick Warne · lore

Re: Possible git git config --global user.email BUG

OK, ignore this.  I am an _IDIOT_

On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:26:36 +0000 Nick Warne <nick@ukfsn.org> wrote:

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> Hi all,
> 
> I have been using git clone for 'pull' only for a while (kernel, Xorg
> etc. etc.), but today starting using local commit and creating patches
> for Fluxbox project.
> 
> On a new clone of fluxbox, I issued:
> 
> git config --global nick.email <real.mail.address>
> git config --global nick.name "Nick Warne"

All works fine... I issued the --global commands incorrectly.

Sorry for the noise.

Nick

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Free Software Foundation Associate Member 5508

Linus Torvalds· Mar 16, 2008, 19:41 UTC · re: Nick Warne · lore

Re: Possible git git config --global user.email BUG

On Sun, 16 Mar 2008, Nick Warne wrote:

> 
> git config --global nick.email <real.mail.address>
> git config --global nick.name "Nick Warne"

"nick.email/name"?

Should be "user", not "nick".

		Linus