Hi,
On Wed, 5 Mar 2008, Santi Béjar wrote:
> diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
> index 4027726..d7e5b6d 100644
> --- a/Documentation/config.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/config.txt
> @@ -914,6 +914,11 @@ url.<base>.insteadOf::
> never-before-seen repository on the site. When more than one
> insteadOf strings match a given URL, the longest match is used.
>
> +user.default::
> + If false the defaults values for user.email and user.name are not
> + used. Useful when you want a different email/name for each
> + repository, normally set in the global config file.
> +
I have to wonder: why do you set it in global config file the first place?
And the answer...
> diff --git a/ident.c b/ident.c
> index b839dcf..0f62a94 100644
> --- a/ident.c
> +++ b/ident.c
> @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ static void setup_ident(void)
> struct passwd *pw = NULL;
>
> /* Get the name ("gecos") */
> - if (!git_default_name[0]) {
> + if (!git_default_name[0] && default_ident) {
> pw = getpwuid(getuid());
> if (!pw)
> die("You don't exist. Go away!");
... is here. You are actually not at all talking about the global config
file, but the gecos information instead.
Ciao,
Dscho
