On 20 August 2017 at 19:18, Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, Aug 19, 2017 at 02:02:09PM -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > >> > Hasn't this been asked and answered already? >> > >> > https://public-inbox.org/git/CACBZZX4vEOD-4a-eK-uBxmFrb1GLSvJKxHW51whCSbCZdh7amQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ >> >> Its 2017. I'd like the tools to work for me instead of me working for the tools. > > Ironically, Git used to behave as you requested in 2005. After being > bombarded with complaints about how Git was too lax in creating commits > with bogus ident information, we changed it in 2012. Maybe I am missing something obvious, but if that's the case then can't we just do the identity check when trying to make new commits, in which case you should be able to pull without setting your identity? Regards, Andrew Ardill
