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Subject: Re: How to force git to use authentication as author
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On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:38:59 +0200
=C3=86var Arnfj=C3=B6r=C3=B0 Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 12:36, J. Bakshi <joydeep@infoservices.in> wr=
ote:
>=20
> > How can I force git to use the username as define at /home/git/PASS=
WD as the author name for git commit ?
>=20
> Edit the global bashrc to have:
>=20
>     export GIT_AUTHOR_NAME=3D$(cat ~/PASSWD)
>=20
> ?

Thanks.=20

[1] will it work with file generated by htpasswd ? as that file is actu=
ally created by same (/home/git/PASSWD)

[2] And the commit is over http, So is it effective to set the value by=
 .bashrc ?