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Git: Using Different User Emails For Different Repositories

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There is better option.

You can have different email/name in <RepoRoot>/.git/config file.

For example:

#cat /home/test/project1/.git/config

[user]

     name = First Name

     email = firstemailid@mailserver.com

#cat /home/test/project2/.git/config

[user]

     name = Second Name

     email = secondemailid@mailserver.com

Ref: http://git-scm.com/book/en/Getting-Started-First-Time-Git-Se...

I hope it is clear. Let me know if it needs further explanation.

Please read the article again. Per repo config is addressed before coming to the main point of the article - setting the said config every time you clone / init a new repo.

Yes, looks like I jumped to commit hook section directly.

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