Eric Sunshine <sunshine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 5:31 PM Alvaro Aleman <aaleman@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> One nit though: There is no `--committer` flag for `git commit`, > > Indeed, that `--committer=` was a last-second edit (without checking > docs). Yeah, I forgot that we deliberately omit the command line option for the committer info. > How about this? > > If `user.name` and `user.email` have not been configured and the > user invokes: > > git commit --author=... > > without specifying the committer, then Git errors out with a > message asking the user to configure `user.name` and `user.email` > but doesn't tell the user which attribution was missing. This can > be confusing for a user new to Git who isn't aware of the > distinction between user, author, and committer. Give such users > a bit more help by extending the error message to also say which > attribution is expected. OK.
