On Fri, 10 Jan 2020, Joseph Myers wrote: > And we should also mention configuring your email address for git, if you > haven't used git on that system before or the default address you've > configured for git isn't the one you want for GCC commits.
I've now applied this patch to document that. diff --git a/htdocs/gitwrite.html b/htdocs/gitwrite.html index 94449e30..9a460a36 100644 --- a/htdocs/gitwrite.html +++ b/htdocs/gitwrite.html @@ -93,6 +93,19 @@ Host gcc.gnu.org<br /> ForwardX11 no </code></p></blockquote> +<p>Git needs to know your name and email address. If you have not +already configured those in <samp>$HOME/.gitconfig</samp>, do:</p> + +<blockquote><p><code> +git config --global user.name "<i>Your Name</i>"<br /> +git config --global user.email "<i>Your Email Address</i>" +</code></p></blockquote> + +<p>If you wish to use a different name or email address for GCC +commits from that in <samp>$HOME/.gitconfig</samp>, you can configure +that in an individual Git tree using a similar command +without <code>--global</code>.</p> + <hr /> <h2 id="policies">Write access policies</h2> -- Joseph S. Myers jos...@codesourcery.com
