# different name and email address depending on folder 4 messages from 2011-01-08 to 2011-01-08. Participants: Rich Eakin, Ramkumar Ramachandra. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/26238 ## Rich Eakin, 2011-01-08 00:52 Subject: different name and email address depending on folder Message-ID: <3178E076-FA22-4C3C-BEB2-2581A0E12086@gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/3178E076-FA22-4C3C-BEB2-2581A0E12086%40gmail.com ``` Hi, I am using git for development with a company and myself on the same computer and the name / user fields need to be different for each. As I keep all my company's repos in one directory and my private stuff in another, I was wondering if there is a way to tell git to use a separate user and email whenever I make commits from within a specified directory. If anyone can tell me how to do this, or some other way to achieve my needs, I am very thankful. Best Regards, Rich ``` ## Ramkumar Ramachandra, 2011-01-08 07:39 Subject: Re: different name and email address depending on folder Message-ID: <20110108073928.GD27334@kytes> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20110108073928.GD27334%40kytes In-Reply-To: <3178E076-FA22-4C3C-BEB2-2581A0E12086@gmail.com> ``` Hi Rich, Rich Eakin writes: > I am using git for development with a company and myself on the same computer and the name / user fields need to be different for each. As I keep all my company's repos in one directory and my private stuff in another, I was wondering if there is a way to tell git to use a separate user and email whenever I make commits from within a specified directory. Yes. Please see the 'user.name' and 'user.email' configuration options in git-config(1). You can set them globally or on a per-repository basis. -- Ram ``` ## Rich Eakin, 2011-01-08 08:16 Subject: Re: different name and email address depending on folder Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/A1770B45-1A98-49C3-8CD0-C61A51FFB66E%40gmail.com In-Reply-To: <20110108073928.GD27334@kytes> ``` I am currently using git-config in a bash script to set my user / email. I was wondering if it was possible to tell git that if I am in a certain directory to use a specific user / email other than what is in my global config. On 08/01/2011, at 6:39 PM, Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote: > Hi Rich, > > Rich Eakin writes: >> I am using git for development with a company and myself on the same computer and the name / user fields need to be different for each. As I keep all my company's repos in one directory and my private stuff in another, I was wondering if there is a way to tell git to use a separate user and email whenever I make commits from within a specified directory. > > Yes. Please see the 'user.name' and 'user.email' configuration options > in git-config(1). You can set them globally or on a per-repository > basis. > > -- Ram ``` ## Ramkumar Ramachandra, 2011-01-08 08:29 Subject: Re: different name and email address depending on folder Message-ID: <20110108082957.GE27334@kytes> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20110108082957.GE27334%40kytes In-Reply-To: ``` Hi Rich, Rich Eakin writes: > I am currently using git-config in a bash script to set my user / email. I was wondering if it was possible to tell git that if I am in a certain directory to use a specific user / email other than what is in my global config. It's possible on a per-repository basis, as I pointed out in the last email; but no- I don't think it's possible on a per-directory basis within the same repository. You might consider separting your private work from your company's repository. p.s- I think you've used the term "global" incorrectly here. Global configuration applies to all repositories. Per-repository configuration overrides the global configuration for that repository. -- Ram ```