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Subject: Re: [RFC 2/2] Automatically transform .git/{branches,remotes} into .git/config
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Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se> writes:

> I'd still like to see git-repo-config and git-user-config. Otherwise 
> we'll need to continue having user-based environment variables 
> (GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT and friends).

Since .git/config is not shared across repositories even on
clone (and is deliberately so), "git-repo-config user.name" is
for you to set *your* name.

Having said that, GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT and friends are there to
stay, because that is how you override what you get from the
config file per commit, which is needed for people playing the
integrator role.  When one is playing an individual developer
role, user.name or even not having any and relying on GECOS is
often good enough.