From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nicholas LaRoche Subject: Can `git config` override entries in .gitconfig? Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 07:05:46 -0500 Message-ID: <4950D41A.5050009@vt.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue Dec 23 13:07:12 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LF62Z-0007D9-Fo for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:07:11 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750951AbYLWMFu (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Dec 2008 07:05:50 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750946AbYLWMFu (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Dec 2008 07:05:50 -0500 Received: from lennier.cc.vt.edu ([198.82.162.213]:47666 "EHLO lennier.cc.vt.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750927AbYLWMFt (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Dec 2008 07:05:49 -0500 Received: from dagger.cc.vt.edu (IDENT:mirapoint@dagger.cc.vt.edu [198.82.163.114]) by lennier.cc.vt.edu (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id mBNC5mU5001286 for ; Tue, 23 Dec 2008 07:05:48 -0500 Received: from auth.smtp.vt.edu (EHLO authsmtp2.cc.vt.edu) ([198.82.161.56]) by dagger.cc.vt.edu (MOS 3.10.2-GA FastPath queued) with ESMTP id KUM66237; Tue, 23 Dec 2008 07:06:03 -0500 (EST) Received: from [192.168.93.171] (pool-72-73-46-16.clppva.east.verizon.net [72.73.46.16]) (authenticated bits=0) by authsmtp2.cc.vt.edu (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id mBNC5lf8023772 for ; Tue, 23 Dec 2008 07:05:48 -0500 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (X11/20081119) X-Mirapoint-Received-SPF: 198.82.161.56 authsmtp2.cc.vt.edu nlaroche@vt.edu 2 pass Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Is there a direct way to change the user.email entry for a git repository for one user (applied to all previous commits)? I tried `git config --unset user.email` followed by `git config user.email email2` but it just sets a second field called user.email that shows up in `git config -l` as a duplicate. My ~/.gitconfig file contains email1 for the user.email entry. Also, when the repository is created can I specify a second set of contact information (i.e. using a project specific email) which isn't a part of ~/.gitconfig? output of `git config -l`: user.email=email1 .. .. user.email=email2 Regards, Nick