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@@ -1,12 +1,19 @@
-user.email::
- Your email address to be recorded in any newly created commits.
- Can be overridden by the `GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL`, `GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL`, and
- `EMAIL` environment variables. See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1].
-
user.name::
- Your full name to be recorded in any newly created commits.
- Can be overridden by the `GIT_AUTHOR_NAME` and `GIT_COMMITTER_NAME`
- environment variables. See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1].
+user.email::
+author.name::
+author.email::
+committer.name::
+committer.email::
+ The `user.name` and `user.email` variables determine what ends
+ up in the `author` and `committer` field of commit
+ objects.
+ If you need the `author` or `committer` to be different, the
+ `author.name`, `author.email`, `committer.name` or
+ `committer.email` variables can be set.
+ 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.
user.useConfigOnly::
Instruct Git to avoid trying to guess defaults for `user.email`