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| author |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2020-01-30 14:17:11 -0800 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2020-01-30 14:17:12 -0800 |
| commit | c9ccf9d09b3aa179b198774afb720e229b544f45 (patch) | |
| tree | d5ec899e7e25d070e47982d0cf8244538a0fdd1f /Documentation/config | |
| parent | Merge branch 'ss/t6025-modernize' (diff) | |
| parent | doc: provide guidance on user.name format (diff) | |
| download | tgif-c9ccf9d09b3aa179b198774afb720e229b544f45.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'bc/author-committer-doc'
Clarify documentation on committer/author identities.
* bc/author-committer-doc:
doc: provide guidance on user.name format
docs: expand on possible and recommended user config options
doc: move author and committer information to git-commit(1)
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/config')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config/user.txt | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config/user.txt b/Documentation/config/user.txt index 0557cbbceb..59aec7c3ae 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/user.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/user.txt @@ -13,7 +13,12 @@ committer.email:: Also, all of these can be overridden by the `GIT_AUTHOR_NAME`, `GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL`, `GIT_COMMITTER_NAME`, `GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL` and `EMAIL` environment variables. - See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1] for more information. ++ +Note that the `name` forms of these variables conventionally refer to +some form of a personal name. See linkgit:git-commit[1] and the +environment variables section of linkgit:git[1] for more information on +these settings and the `credential.username` option if you're looking +for authentication credentials instead. user.useConfigOnly:: Instruct Git to avoid trying to guess defaults for `user.email` |