const char *git_committer_info(int flag)
 {
+       if (getenv("GIT_COMMITTER_NAME") &&
+           getenv("GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL"))
+               user_ident_explicitly_given = 1;
        return fmt_ident(getenv("GIT_COMMITTER_NAME"),
                         getenv("GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL"),
                         getenv("GIT_COMMITTER_DATE"),