On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 12:36, J. Bakshi <joydeep@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > How can I force git to use the username as define at /home/git/PASSWD as the author name for git commit ? Edit the global bashrc to have: export GIT_AUTHOR_NAME=$(cat ~/PASSWD) ? -- 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