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authorMichael Prokop <mika@debian.org>2010-06-22 10:44:34 +0200
committerMichael Prokop <mika@debian.org>2010-06-22 10:44:34 +0200
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maintainer-notes: use git config instead of environment variables
Thanks: Gerfried Fuchs <rhonda@deb.at> Signed-off-by: Michael Prokop <mika@debian.org>
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</pre>
</li>
-<li>Set environment variables (e.g. through your ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc) for git and devscripts (git dch):
+<li>Set environment variables (e.g. through your ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc) for devscripts (git dch):
<pre>
<b>export DEBEMAIL=$mailaddress
-export DEBFULLNAME=$yourname
-export GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL=$mailaddress
-export GIT_AUTHOR_NAME=$yourname
-export GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL=$mailaddress
-export GIT_COMMITTER_NAME=$yourname</b>
+export DEBFULLNAME=$yourname</b>
+</pre>
+</li>
+
+<li>Set user name and email address for git (drop the --global option to use configuration per-repo basis):
+<pre>
+<b>% git config --global user.name "$yourname"
+% git config --global user.email "$mailaddress"</b>
</pre>
</li>