X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=ident.c;h=09cf0c95c9bfc24fa3e4a8f9e212ec42b8a55eba;hb=a324fc45e4d04e3b879cd2d9a603d73ca696b775;hp=b839dcf5f085a94080e1f7891f3fb40ed151a394;hpb=6bc4c72132adbdc06c428f86a96f27e4f8173b99;p=git.git

diff --git a/ident.c b/ident.c
index b839dcf5f..09cf0c95c 100644
--- a/ident.c
+++ b/ident.c
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ static const char au_env[] = "GIT_AUTHOR_NAME";
 static const char co_env[] = "GIT_COMMITTER_NAME";
 static const char *env_hint =
 "\n"
-"*** Your name cannot be determined from your system services (gecos).\n"
+"*** Please tell me who you are.\n"
 "\n"
 "Run\n"
 "\n"
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ const char *fmt_ident(const char *name, const char *email,
 		if ((warn_on_no_name || error_on_no_name) &&
 		    name == git_default_name && env_hint) {
 			fprintf(stderr, env_hint, au_env, co_env);
-			env_hint = NULL; /* warn only once, for "git-var -l" */
+			env_hint = NULL; /* warn only once, for "git var -l" */
 		}
 		if (error_on_no_name)
 			die("empty ident %s <%s> not allowed", name, email);
@@ -250,6 +250,9 @@ const char *git_author_info(int flag)
 
 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"),