*buf = val;
}
-static char *envdup(const char *var)
-{
- const char *val = getenv(var);
- return val ? xstrdup(val) : NULL;
-}
-
static void determine_author_info(struct strbuf *author_ident)
{
char *name, *email, *date;
struct ident_split author;
- name = envdup("GIT_AUTHOR_NAME");
- email = envdup("GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL");
- date = envdup("GIT_AUTHOR_DATE");
+ name = xstrdup_or_null(getenv("GIT_AUTHOR_NAME"));
+ email = xstrdup_or_null(getenv("GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL"));
+ date = xstrdup_or_null(getenv("GIT_AUTHOR_DATE"));
if (author_message) {
struct ident_split ident;
clear_mailmap(&mailmap);
return strbuf_detach(&buf, NULL);
}
- die(_("No existing author found with '%s'"), name);
+ die(_("--author '%s' is not 'Name <email>' and matches no existing author"), name);
}