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I don't like github's dependency on some git EMAIL variables and stuff. First of all already of course there is the problem that putting your email on the inte
by Aardwolf 11y ago
I don't like github's dependency on some git EMAIL variables and stuff.
First of all already of course there is the problem that putting your email on the internet is asking for spam.
But a bigger problem is, if I'm on a machine that doesn't happen to have those variables configered, and I push something to github, even if I use my github username and password then, it does not show me as author. Very annoying.
EDIT: I don't like git itself's email dependency either. But at least github could have done something with the fact that you login with a username... :)
- hk__2 11y agoThat’s because GitHub is just some nice sugar on top of Git. Git needs your email, so does GitHub.
- to3m 11y agoYou can put anything you like in the email field. I use fake addresses such as tom@tmbp (me on my laptop), tom@tw7 (me on my Windows 7 PC), and so on. Add these addresses to your email addresses list on the settings page of your github account if you want your github avatar, etc., to be shown against commits using these addresses.