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Commit 217c330e authored by Jan David Mol's avatar Jan David Mol
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......@@ -25,4 +25,16 @@ Git commits require you to state your identity, as to know who did this commit.
If you don't provide your name and e-mail, ``git`` will tempt you to configure the name and email permanently. Doing so means all checkins from this system will be done under your name, however.
To make the above easier, you could put the ``export`` commands in a personal ``myname.sh`` file which you then run in your shell using ``source myname.sh`` before running ``git commit``.
To make the above easier, you could put the ``export`` commands in a personal ``myname.sh`` file which you then run in your shell using ``source myname.sh`` before running ``git commit``:
# do this once
echo > ~/myname_creds.sh <<HEREDOC
export GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="Your Name"
export GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL="you@astron.nl"
export GIT_COMMITTER_NAME="$GIT_AUTHOR_NAME"
export GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL="$GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL"
HEREDOC
# before committing just do this
source ~/myname_creds.sh
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