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[gitweb.git] / ident.c
diff --git a/ident.c b/ident.c
index 88e7f74e888f1c7b13182bf07afee01408e8e525..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,