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=-3.2 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RP_MATCHES_RCVD, UNPARSEABLE_RELAY shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham 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 7899220964 for ; Sun, 2 Apr 2017 05:53:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750807AbdDBFr3 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 Apr 2017 01:47:29 -0400 Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:34524 "EHLO aserp1040.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750800AbdDBFr3 (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 Apr 2017 01:47:29 -0400 Received: from aserv0022.oracle.com (aserv0022.oracle.com [141.146.126.234]) by aserp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id v325lRJU007678 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Sun, 2 Apr 2017 05:47:28 GMT Received: from aserv0121.oracle.com (aserv0121.oracle.com [141.146.126.235]) by aserv0022.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id v325lRLJ018375 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Sun, 2 Apr 2017 05:47:27 GMT Received: from abhmp0005.oracle.com (abhmp0005.oracle.com [141.146.116.11]) by aserv0121.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id v325lP9V015318 for ; Sun, 2 Apr 2017 05:47:26 GMT Received: from ori.omang.mine.nu (/80.203.111.41) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Sat, 01 Apr 2017 22:47:25 -0700 Message-ID: <1491112043.5830.11.camel@oracle.com> Subject: Bug: 'git config --local user.email=' fails silently? From: Knut Omang To: git@vger.kernel.org Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2017 07:47:23 +0200 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.20.5 (3.20.5-1.fc24) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT X-Source-IP: aserv0022.oracle.com [141.146.126.234] Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Hi, >From the documentation I would have expected  git config --local user.email=alt.email@alt.domain to create a section  [user] email=alt.email@alt.domain in the local .git/config. Instead it returns status 1 with no error message. Is this intentional? If I add the [user] section manually, it works as expected/desired: my commits in that tree uses the alternate mail address. git --version git version 2.7.4 Thanks, Knut Omang -- Knut Omang, Ph.D Principal Software Engineer Oracle Linux and Virtualization Engineering ORACLE Norway | Olaf Helsets vei 6 | 0694 Oslo Email: knut.omang@oracle.com | Phone:  +47 41 46 22 10