From: Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@zib.de>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@zib.de>
Subject: [PATCH] Improved hint on how to set identity
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 00:05:50 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1187042750257-git-send-email-prohaska@zib.de> (raw)
Users typically want to set the default for their account. Thus,
start the hint with how to achieve that; and only later explain
how to restrict identity to a single repository.
Signed-off-by: Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@zib.de>
---
ident.c | 8 ++++----
1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
I watched someone setting up git, who never used it before.
The hint was leading him into the wrong direction. He
certainly wanted to set a global default. Let's give users
the right hint first.
Steffen
diff --git a/ident.c b/ident.c
index 6612d17..9b2a852 100644
--- a/ident.c
+++ b/ident.c
@@ -185,11 +185,11 @@ static const char *env_hint =
"\n"
"Run\n"
"\n"
-" git config user.email \"you@email.com\"\n"
-" git config user.name \"Your Name\"\n"
+" git config --global user.email \"you@email.com\"\n"
+" git config --global user.name \"Your Name\"\n"
"\n"
-"To set the identity in this repository.\n"
-"Add --global to set your account\'s default\n"
+"to set your account\'s default identity.\n"
+"Omit --global to set the identity only in this repository.\n"
"\n";
const char *fmt_ident(const char *name, const char *email,
--
1.5.3.rc4.96.g6ceb
next reply other threads:[~2007-08-13 22:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-08-13 22:05 Steffen Prohaska [this message]
2007-08-13 23:36 ` [PATCH] Improved hint on how to set identity Junio C Hamano
2007-08-14 5:05 ` Steffen Prohaska
2007-08-14 5:22 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-08-14 5:54 ` Steffen Prohaska
2007-08-14 6:32 ` Junio C Hamano
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