From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Steffen Prohaska Subject: [PATCH] Improved hint on how to set identity Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 00:05:50 +0200 Message-ID: <1187042750257-git-send-email-prohaska@zib.de> Cc: Steffen Prohaska To: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue Aug 14 00:06:01 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IKi2x-0000YB-Cp for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Tue, 14 Aug 2007 00:05:59 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760524AbXHMWFy (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Aug 2007 18:05:54 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1760529AbXHMWFy (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Aug 2007 18:05:54 -0400 Received: from mailer.zib.de ([130.73.108.11]:47270 "EHLO mailer.zib.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1760383AbXHMWFw (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Aug 2007 18:05:52 -0400 Received: from mailsrv2.zib.de (sc2.zib.de [130.73.108.31]) by mailer.zib.de (8.13.7+Sun/8.13.7) with ESMTP id l7DM5o7K005784 for ; Tue, 14 Aug 2007 00:05:50 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost.localdomain (vss6.zib.de [130.73.69.7]) by mailsrv2.zib.de (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id l7DM5ofe023831; Tue, 14 Aug 2007 00:05:50 +0200 (MEST) X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.5.2.4 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: 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 --- 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