Re: git should not use a default user.email config value

On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 11:59:21AM +0200, Michael Haggerty wrote:

On 08/10/2013 08:47 AM, Jeff King wrote:

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But I think MX records and deliverability is beside the point. Even in a
case where we come up with a valid, deliverable address, is that what
the user wants to have in their commit history for all time?

I intentionally don't set user.email in my ~/.gitconfig because I use
different identities (on the same machine) depending on what project I
am committing to (open-source vs. work).  After I clone a repo, I *rely*
on Git reminding me to set user.email on my first commit, because I
invariably forget to set it myself.  And for me, *any* universal,
heuristically-determined email address would be wrong for me for at
least some repos.

So if I understand your use case, then you would be even happier if
rather than giving a warning, git simply barfed and said "please set
your identity before committing"?

-Peff