Merge branch 'maint'

[thirdparty/git.git] / ident.c

diff --git a/ident.c b/ident.c
index 69a04b827d7805d9b29153e31e5489edb587690a..9b2a852cb00327a607946caa864fcf31184da28e 100644 (file)
--- a/ident.c
+++ b/ident.c
@@ -83,11 +83,18 @@ static void setup_ident(void)
        }
 
        if (!git_default_email[0]) {
-               if (!pw)
-                       pw = getpwuid(getuid());
-               if (!pw)
-                       die("You don't exist. Go away!");
-               copy_email(pw);
+               const char *email = getenv("EMAIL");
+
+               if (email && email[0])
+                       strlcpy(git_default_email, email,
+                               sizeof(git_default_email));
+               else {
+                       if (!pw)
+                               pw = getpwuid(getuid());
+                       if (!pw)
+                               die("You don't exist. Go away!");
+                       copy_email(pw);
+               }
        }
 
        /* And set the default date */
@@ -178,11 +185,11 @@ static const char *env_hint =
 "\n"
 "Run\n"
 "\n"
-"  git config user.email \"you@email.com\"\n"
-"  git config user.name \"Your Name\"\n"
+"  git config --global user.email \"you@email.com\"\n"
+"  git config --global user.name \"Your Name\"\n"
 "\n"
-"To set the identity in this repository.\n"
-"Add --global to set your account\'s default\n"
+"to set your account\'s default identity.\n"
+"Omit --global to set the identity only in this repository.\n"
 "\n";
 
 const char *fmt_ident(const char *name, const char *email,
@@ -195,8 +202,6 @@ const char *fmt_ident(const char *name, const char *email,
        setup_ident();
        if (!name)
                name = git_default_name;
-       if (!email)
-               email = getenv("EMAIL");
        if (!email)
                email = git_default_email;