X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=ident.c;h=9b2a852cb00327a607946caa864fcf31184da28e;hb=511707d42b3b3e57d9623493092590546ffeae80;hp=88e7f74e888f1c7b13182bf07afee01408e8e525;hpb=a2d7c6c62080b542007f9787342aa1e57b95f50c;p=git.git

diff --git a/ident.c b/ident.c
index 88e7f74e8..9b2a852cb 100644
--- 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,