Setting up one's git identity [was: Patch for postgresql driver]

On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 12:26:52PM +0100, Wols Lists wrote:
> On 20/04/13 22:42, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote:

> > Both of these methods allow to use git "natively" to apply the patch,

> > and (assuming your git is setup properly) to automatically get your
> > suggested commit message and the information of authorship recorded
> > into git. For example, now I don't know whether the git authorship
> > email should be wolslists at youngmanorg.uk (like the wiki
> > Developers page says), antlists at youngman.org.uk (the address
> > that sent this mail) or the more personal address you used to
> > correspond with me by email in the past. Please advise. I'm also
> > not sure whether you'd like the authorship name to be "Anthony
> > W. Youngman" or "Anthony Youngman".

> I missed this bit in my earlier reply(s). Email address doesn't really
> matter, although "anthony" is probably best. The antlists address is
> really for mailing lists. Authorship - I'm happier with the long form -
> "Anthony W. Youngman" - the wol and the W are related (although they
> don't quite stand for each other :-)

OK, then do:

 git config --global user.name "Anthony W. Youngman"
 git config --global user.email anthony@youngman.org.uk

In this way your own git will put that information in your own
commits, which will be transferred with the "git push" (in the gerrit
case) or with the "git format-patch" (in the "send patch to mailing
list" case). (And neither you, nor anybody else will have to think
about these questions ever again, :) at least until you change
computers or something like that.)

-- 
Lionel