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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Giorgos Gasparis <gasp.giorgos@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Feature Proposal] Add a built-in 'git whoami' command
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 09:26:12 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqzf3o0xuj.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CALCP2CjymE-i9TsKB8TmW_0M=ZDbtLPzZFpx4-ba01164b1MOA@mail.gmail.com> (Giorgos Gasparis's message of "Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:57:55 +0300")

Giorgos Gasparis <gasp.giorgos@gmail.com> writes:

> Hello Git team,
>
> I would like to propose adding a native git whoami command to Git to
> easily check the currently active identity.
>
> Currently, users have to run two separate commands (git config
> user.name and git config user.email) to check this.

"git var GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT"?


  reply	other threads:[~2026-03-31 16:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-03-31 14:57 [Feature Proposal] Add a built-in 'git whoami' command Giorgos Gasparis
2026-03-31 16:26 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2026-03-31 16:43 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk

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