From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) 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=AWL,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=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C594A211B3 for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2018 18:38:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1725944AbeLFSiV (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Dec 2018 13:38:21 -0500 Received: from mail-pf1-f169.google.com ([209.85.210.169]:44338 "EHLO mail-pf1-f169.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725916AbeLFSiV (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Dec 2018 13:38:21 -0500 Received: by mail-pf1-f169.google.com with SMTP id u6so581952pfh.11 for ; Thu, 06 Dec 2018 10:38:21 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=h2gL9kCHZL+lnnczoU6HzJt3PhTucUBiDin9Bmkcqik=; b=aFoLO+BsKRTeOFmmXKACJ3ul61A3gCG25C+LVSKMltBs+M+9/5t5noqnUtdRoXTuND shpE9laahOBNfAbUy48UicRsklYGxeZwRSvjfao13+bD1NSbNCiklzSoQF/k45uz3bMh /Sw6LKUckkkhKWEJiIJl+lNBlA8giZLL5ukQcQJS9iPkg/+0kJTLkAbyn5LzqHNApxkp UBfr7quFDfnfmnszuA0lFPJz6Mo6ZeaFp1cBOvdfOTjd8TJLprV+dEW3IFNVRwdgCYkq Qx7cg4+ckPvjxV0ZW4JNjpA5TGfwTEKbupckKFq3g5CYVrD+hscIJjuxyhdsJSr9GWGk HwrQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=h2gL9kCHZL+lnnczoU6HzJt3PhTucUBiDin9Bmkcqik=; b=JvIsOC6xVVfGuwCfdIvLblY5iU6Qz/0++wWK0b/GPviFZKr03cMlyo1bSqjDvpMhx3 +/By84Zh91jr6U6n03Cqpjp9RW40Nt73lzJk6tQBxkhhMP0m8RQ9mZssDcfA2pUq8s/r PPHp2bbLOhNNvN2SR6raeIxDMXts7pbf1cHG3+35jAztsbS3UeCUEYvryh8d9/tzIwq0 Hth/bg/aIAVjP6ZvJeJDZeBX/ivrqCiOzzDnlH7z+ahiwJAmr3Bbg5p4L+d9RGnXnWU2 CsSLh+as0Lz8cKG7Xq0r90tqxs3F+vyjTtUvKLccRLDgOxuwIPEX9T0/u8eIpojXoPWh lXiQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AA+aEWZ09TMsrZB0lYnE+vcfBHiLDZC+skIBed+Excz/FOcM5kFvHQuI s/aLf4Gb3TEw2V60iWlc8Z8Qv+7tx0VRt2e/7aiA6eFq X-Google-Smtp-Source: AFSGD/UC7ORKNo/URtlarn1I1bLsDkiWAsJQiSHxwC0c6glERvgsj07xtQWfLLuoS12+8HgWYkpRPUSx2wQg2qFVzMA= X-Received: by 2002:a63:2f07:: with SMTP id v7mr23526074pgv.368.1544121500588; Thu, 06 Dec 2018 10:38:20 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20181206181739.GB30045@whubbs1.gaikai.biz> In-Reply-To: <20181206181739.GB30045@whubbs1.gaikai.biz> From: =?UTF-8?Q?Martin_=C3=85gren?= Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2018 19:38:08 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: enhancement: support for author.email and author.name in "git config" To: williamh@gentoo.org Cc: Git Mailing List , chutzpah@gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Hi William, On Thu, 6 Dec 2018 at 19:18, William Hubbs wrote: > We are in a situation where we would like to use author information that is > different from committer information when we commit to certain > repositories. [...] > [...] I would like to propose the addition of author.email and > author.name settings to the git-config system. > > Additionally you could add committer.name and committer.email, but the > only reason I bring the committer variations up is consistency since I > see you also have GIT_COMMITTER_NAME and GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL environment > variables. This idea was floated a couple of months ago [1]. Junio seemed to find the request sensible and outlined a design. No patches materialized, as far as I know, but that could be because Eric suggested a tool called direnv. Maybe that would work for you. [1] https://public-inbox.org/git/0f66ad7a-2289-2cce-6533-a27e19945187@rasmusvillemoes.dk/ Martin