+test_expect_failure 'check the author in hook' '
+ write_script "$HOOK" <<-\EOF &&
+ test "$GIT_AUTHOR_NAME" = "New Author" &&
+ test "$GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL" = "newauthor@example.com"
+ EOF
+ test_must_fail git commit --allow-empty -m "by a.u.thor" &&
+ (
+ GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="New Author" &&
+ GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL="newauthor@example.com" &&
+ export GIT_AUTHOR_NAME GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL &&
+ git commit --allow-empty -m "by new.author via env" &&
+ git show -s
+ ) &&
+ git commit --author="New Author <newauthor@example.com>" \
+ --allow-empty -m "by new.author via command line" &&
+ git show -s
+'
+