From e6c0b3c90e424a3187473f52c4cdc6db7746d559 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tekkub <tekkub@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:09:30 -0600
Subject: Tweak email config guide

---
 _posts/2009-06-20-git-email-settings.textile | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

(limited to '_posts/2009-06-20-git-email-settings.textile')

diff --git a/_posts/2009-06-20-git-email-settings.textile b/_posts/2009-06-20-git-email-settings.textile
index 11bd678..6898ed7 100644
--- a/_posts/2009-06-20-git-email-settings.textile
+++ b/_posts/2009-06-20-git-email-settings.textile
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ description: Configure your local git installation so that commits are linked to
 categories: setup
 ---
 
-This guide covers basic git settings you should set before making any commits
+This guide covers basic git settings you should set before making any commits.
+
+Please note that config changes will only affect future commits.  Existing commits will retain the info they were committed with.  Also, the environment variables @GIT_COMMITTER_NAME@, @GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL@, @GIT_AUTHOR_NAME@ and @GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL@ will override git-config settings if they are defined.
 
 h2. Setting user name and email globally in git
 
@@ -20,8 +22,6 @@ h2. Overriding settings for individual repos
 
 If you do not want commits to be "blamed" on your global email setting, you can override these settings on a per-repo basis.
 
-p(. _This change will only affect future commits.  Existing commits will retain the info they were committed with._
-
 <pre class="terminal">$ cd my_other_repo
 $ git config user.name "Not Tekkub"
 $ git config user.email "not@tekkub.net"</pre>
@@ -33,4 +33,4 @@ Some tools connect to GitHub without SSH, for these tools you need to set your "
 <pre class="terminal">$ git config --global github.user tekkub
 $ git config --global github.token 0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef</pre>
 
-If you change your GitHub password a new token will be created, therefore you'll need to change this setting.
\ No newline at end of file
+If you change your GitHub password a new token will be created, therefore you'll need to change this setting.
-- 
cgit v1.3.1

