# Possible git git config --global user.email BUG

3 messages from 2008-03-16 to 2008-03-16. Participants: Nick Warne, Linus Torvalds.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/12717

## Nick Warne, 2008-03-16 19:26

Subject: Possible git git config --global user.email BUG
Message-ID: <20080316192636.3075d0eb@linuxamd.linicks.net>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20080316192636.3075d0eb%40linuxamd.linicks.net

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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"

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
-- 
Free Software Foundation Associate Member 5508

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## Nick Warne, 2008-03-16 19:35

Subject: Re: Possible git git config --global user.email BUG
Message-ID: <20080316193532.14554328@linuxamd.linicks.net>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20080316193532.14554328%40linuxamd.linicks.net
In-Reply-To: <20080316192636.3075d0eb@linuxamd.linicks.net>

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OK, ignore this.  I am an _IDIOT_

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

> 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
-- 
Free Software Foundation Associate Member 5508

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## Linus Torvalds, 2008-03-16 19:41

Subject: Re: Possible git git config --global user.email BUG
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.1.00.0803161241180.3020@woody.linux-foundation.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/alpine.LFD.1.00.0803161241180.3020%40woody.linux-foundation.org
In-Reply-To: <20080316192636.3075d0eb@linuxamd.linicks.net>

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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

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