From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45C74C433DF for ; Fri, 21 Aug 2020 18:29:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18DBF22EBF for ; Fri, 21 Aug 2020 18:29:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726805AbgHUS3S (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Aug 2020 14:29:18 -0400 Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.9]:50259 "EHLO mail-out.m-online.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726215AbgHUS2T (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Aug 2020 14:28:19 -0400 Received: from frontend01.mail.m-online.net (unknown [192.168.8.182]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BY94c59rdz1qrfh; Fri, 21 Aug 2020 20:28:16 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.70]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BY94c4rc0z1r175; Fri, 21 Aug 2020 20:28:16 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mnet-online.de Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.182]) by localhost (dynscan1.mail.m-online.net [192.168.6.70]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id FFKS0_LO-AGW; Fri, 21 Aug 2020 20:28:16 +0200 (CEST) X-Auth-Info: k+8d4sz4U90CC65zkz+UkcrpkelxJkuRJY2+onnYw7WJSgUc+1YSABMHM5xvoztY Received: from igel.home (ppp-46-244-185-194.dynamic.mnet-online.de [46.244.185.194]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA; Fri, 21 Aug 2020 20:28:15 +0200 (CEST) Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 7D01E2C0AC8; Fri, 21 Aug 2020 20:28:15 +0200 (CEST) From: Andreas Schwab To: Alvaro Aleman Cc: git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: --author arg on commit only works if there is an email configured already References: X-Yow: RELAX!! ... This is gonna be a HEALING EXPERIENCE!! Besides, I work for DING DONGS! Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2020 20:28:15 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Alvaro Aleman's message of "Fri, 21 Aug 2020 12:15:49 -0400") Message-ID: <87ft8fvoow.fsf@igel.home> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Aug 21 2020, Alvaro Aleman wrote: > It seems the `--author` arg on the `git commit` command only works if > an author email is configured already somewhere: The `--author' argument only sets the author, but git still need to fill in the committer. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 7578 EB47 D4E5 4D69 2510 2552 DF73 E780 A9DA AEC1 "And now for something completely different."