From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.7 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RCVD_IN_SORBS_SPAM, RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D40A20D12 for ; Fri, 2 Jun 2017 07:40:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751126AbdFBHk1 (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Jun 2017 03:40:27 -0400 Received: from mail-it0-f46.google.com ([209.85.214.46]:35007 "EHLO mail-it0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750747AbdFBHkZ (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Jun 2017 03:40:25 -0400 Received: by mail-it0-f46.google.com with SMTP id m62so258546itc.0 for ; Fri, 02 Jun 2017 00:40:25 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=55vsXd+5XmeV8Aq2GOmwCwgjNuYCKDN6dBfFTQrkTOQ=; b=ZxV/82Y8E0fPhRAzhwHGb/2yx4TQcV29Uj6dTJPMBtXfVsDZQGzSoFNqx4HpmKkBSK sHhpd7In5GLfRLdyrd3wraruxujyKLl6nwWJG10bzjzSWQrRnJ1tM3xkiRmoYonT9Tix DDZTPLl2+kw+bU/sNyN59F9con1XO8T+NShSUlcrKK+PDpOtU28EbJUikuX5e7Fq42X2 ghYjYqiT4K+7Ar6Ww1XElEdcrWpEBfTfTTLhvpDsAoFyiMTdIYZtoJJKz+NbT5+cCL2T HjNK0c3zOyZpqshyqUPKg+fgJHIjuRCDQdL07OWDbyV2WQ7IPfv2ALn/8IwuKC/aaQ6q jmAA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=55vsXd+5XmeV8Aq2GOmwCwgjNuYCKDN6dBfFTQrkTOQ=; b=VHqQaP9Hn8Py+KePa5cZ8+Tjimw2XP0Bp+fBxn3gV2j00CWNScW6CxDgXV+Ktm226a lJi9jS1/2zdL1wX70D0C/Kw+SO9GVdCXhId5brG0bLgkMd71IvzPGE45SnNyKy2PEAAo LG6c5bVYdmr+ykUPo3nn9kD6yhGxTTpq2U2nk2sfcQtNErFnNkS7fwJfKTYBI1+KzdnO lV/PjwWCex2vFmVBYaLeHZAClaCj0yWIR6ViycnHTl7wd/8C8F49FumYRf7PEL9bEX/f bebtmKQpp9UiM4AEqf8XiDR511bHBGYfFR5NKQDVpdkxivVhp6cjyX9p3Yb8quekrBqr PXPw== X-Gm-Message-State: AODbwcDinuI+iSC7wnxIol3jgwId8Wfwzdpm3CQXAt7ex7iJcthJlAfb Ue2FlyLchcsdBbl7/weVrZbiEF/L6A== X-Received: by 10.36.29.150 with SMTP id 144mr3097831itj.71.1496389153656; Fri, 02 Jun 2017 00:39:13 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.107.8.220 with HTTP; Fri, 2 Jun 2017 00:38:52 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <20170602070052.3lq22arcncuh6rrl@tigra> From: =?UTF-8?B?w4Z2YXIgQXJuZmrDtnLDsCBCamFybWFzb24=?= Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2017 09:38:52 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: How to avoid "Please tell me who you are..."? To: Junio C Hamano Cc: Jeffrey Walton , Konstantin Khomoutov , Git List Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 9:15 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Jeffrey Walton writes: > >> Is there no switch? Its the most efficient way to accomplish the task. > > This is a safety to help normal human users from hurting themselves, > and it does not make any sense to have "I have no name, so record > garbage, please" option, switch or setting that is different from > "Here is the name I want you to use when recording things". > > The switch _is_ to set the names with whatever standard way. Presumably OP doesn't want to mess with the env for whatever reason, in that case: git -c user.name=Nobody -c user.email=nobody@example.com cherry-pick