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diff --git a/Documentation/config/user.txt b/Documentation/config/user.txt index b5b2ba1..59aec7c 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/user.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/user.txt @@ -1,12 +1,24 @@ -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. ++ +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` |