From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36C681F51C for ; Tue, 22 May 2018 14:09:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751637AbeEVOJM (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 May 2018 10:09:12 -0400 Received: from mail-oi0-f43.google.com ([209.85.218.43]:35733 "EHLO mail-oi0-f43.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751562AbeEVOJI (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 May 2018 10:09:08 -0400 Received: by mail-oi0-f43.google.com with SMTP id a6-v6so16308311oia.2 for ; Tue, 22 May 2018 07:09:08 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc; bh=LS5wbxR8j+um1NpkXfHS9Pkgu7oEIFynOBy99L7DzwM=; b=RKdj0rk5OPOaQ1UcMHi6MBE/N1hvk8h0RwOjzcs/Q8PNrPoffnQQOTRCKDv71jYZ01 8kqi7CI1waugfFvwO5KM2JSTShbXRDqH1Kc4VZPwg3MxPv8t8DkLnvxrV6rjdHebQ9Ym RPq9KAJSbIVeuDbRarzzXRFBkDWiPSHaOCmDiVhskrNL1TaM4sTKyG2J7sm3x3LHx0tt vIszrBz7NaUWOxtdunymyIPVzv1kWxfmkfrRaVVbhz3cG3pZFSdxTuRUul5H25T51zmy TKFAEiwI/uHWuJLeBLHiyAqQXhDyVwpB+9E3imPJsfc5iAsolrE4wwOFQQEkPz5RlqL+ GiVw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=LS5wbxR8j+um1NpkXfHS9Pkgu7oEIFynOBy99L7DzwM=; b=e+F6ZU8TPnymYGdtDTOGsAfCVPsIH5aBgPOV+3tCUOpa2uENEJO3td8qLtxygxclqW IUc+/d6gUuDTKQDf01176icFoyOZXH7+eQM+Qf5wRaO/8bq/zbAz2bpUENHsoNtiEfL4 o0GZaqf5P6MeE3oeNfMefibU9U+RiXaud+3K1VSpY8+3zfCuB2KVK57pVdjo6+l+mKlW SyG9I1ViaFN59Xb+4OqPbnk2InIzCeUbVupZa3PGMRV35AAkkije56zMOsubKy9ptAw7 Xtoe8Ab9xX18p2RvBm4vx7gxbRSySH20gDxkdpND/9uJMx2vfw86s9bBdyFaHdVT9FEC VKnQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ALKqPwdZp1GZ2n0RAO1lnejyQ9WwAk5Y4TfLUB0OlaJQaTgGSpnv5Whl Q99EcPerR61cCqxezg45vS6gX0CEH2Z1kwayH54= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AB8JxZpUQI0fC4B7Wdm3iXe4DEpz4fpV2D9IWQmBTFQK8+CSyBgEq8iVm62Q1M2vaDrwrYkTwh/I5bejfypafDp/E2I= X-Received: by 2002:aca:e3cf:: with SMTP id a198-v6mr13395870oih.283.1526998148042; Tue, 22 May 2018 07:09:08 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.201.120.203 with HTTP; Tue, 22 May 2018 07:09:07 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: dpowless517@pobox.com In-Reply-To: References: From: Dennis Powless Date: Tue, 22 May 2018 10:09:07 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: user name To: Christian Couder Cc: git Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Thanks for the info, yes your are correct it was for the git config not github. I'm brand new to this and wasn't sure if a real name was required vs just a username. I know is some cases official names are required and didn't want to use the wrong one to start out with. I'm reading the help files/information currently and one of the first steps was to set this up. I'll set up github separately. Thanks for the info! Dennis On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 9:45 AM, Christian Couder wrote: > On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 3:06 PM, Dennis Powless wrote: >> Is it customary to use your real name or a user name when registering to GIT? > > I guess you are talking about using `git config --global user.name > "XXX YYY"`. (Though maybe you are talking about github.com > registration, but in this case you should not have sent this request > to this mailing list.) > > When you use git config as described above, this is not a real > registration. You just configure Git on your machine (only your > ~/.gitconfig is changed), so that Git knows what to put in the > "author" field of the commits you create. > > You are free to use whatever you want but some projects might ask > contributors to put their real name in the author fields of the > commits (and sometimes in other places too, like in the > "Signed-off-by" in the commit messages).