On 2019-12-27 14:28:59-0800, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Danh Doan <congdanhqx@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > Some of my projects requires ASCII-only user.name, > > instead of doing the right thing > > > > git config user.name <simplified-name> > > > > I decided to set it globally instead. > > I rarely need to type in my native language, > > hence I don't have the IME software start with Xorg. > > Hmph, but back in v2.20 days, you did have IME? Back in the days, I had my IME started on logging in, then to save some tiny time on starting up, I turned it off. > > In any case, if I were in such a situation to need my name spelled > differently depending on the project I work on, I would probably use > > $ git config --global user.name <simplified-name> > $ cd <repository of git> > $ git config user.name <name-with-accents> > > or the other way around (depends on which projects your focus is on). Yes, that's the the right way to do, but I didn't pick that way. I'm going through my ~/src and fixing it. Thanks, -- Danh
