Shawn Pearce <spearce@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > You are missing: > + setup_ident(); > > Without that reflog can't get the proper committer data from the > host's gecos information. This is probably what is desired for > most pushes over SSH. What's even more interesting is when there is .git/config file and you do not override it with environment variables; the log entry will be made under the name of the repository user.name in such a case. >> + git_config(git_default_config); >> + >> write_head_info(); Often setup_ident() needs to go together with git_config(), and you need to remember that setup must come before config. These rules are a bit cumbersome to follow and I often forget. I wonder if we can have a simpler start-up sequence perhaps to avoid future mistakes like this? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html