Quick hint for developers working on source code from different Git accounts having different e-mails for them. Let say we develop our own projects and we support development for two other companies. Our folder structure could look like
~/.gitconfig
~/PersonalProjects/
~/CompanyAbc/.gitconfig
~/CompanyMno/.gitconfig
Of course we have configured default config as follows
user@mymac ~/ $ git config user.name "Firstname Lastname"
user@mymac ~/ $ git config user.email "user@myprivatebox.com"
user@mymac ~/ $ git config push.default simple
user@mymac ~/ $ git config core.editor emacs
We want different e-mails by default for all repositories in these directories without configuring this manually with command
user@mymac ~/CompanyAbc/website-repo (master) $ git config user.email "user@company-abc.com"
every time when wy clone new repository.
Solution
Main ~/.gitconfig file should look like
[user]
name = Firstname Lastname
email = user@myprivatebox.com
[push]
default = simple
[core]
editor = emacs
[includeIf "gitdir:~/CompanyAbc/"]
path = ~/CompanyAbc/.gitconfig
[includeIf "gitdir:~/CompanyMno/"]
path = ~/CompanyMno/.gitconfig
Set custom e-mail address in ~/CompanyAbc/.gitconfig
[user]
email = user@company-abc.com
You can repeat this for other configurations like ~/CompanyMno/.gitconfig too.
Verification
Please execute command to verify new settings
user@mymac ~/CompanyAbc/some-repo/ (master) $ git config user.email
It should throw out something like
user@company-abc.com
Good luck with coding!
Thank you for this quick tip! This is very helpful for folks who are signing their commits as well!