Old email on gitlab

[Fred Wright]

On Sun, 23 Jul 2023, Hal Murray via devel wrote:

> git log on a fresh clone shows things like this:
>
> Author: Hal Murray <hmurray at megapathdsl.net>
> Date:   Tue Jul 4 15:16:47 2023 -0700
>
>    Squash warnings about not handled enumeration
>
> I haven't used that email in ages.  My profile has been updated.  Mail from
> gitlab goes to the right place.
>
> Where is the other address stored and how do I fix it?
>
> All my updates are setup and tested locally, then pushed with git push which
> uses ssh.
> That directory was cloned ages ago.  The old email address may be on my disk.
>
> A friesh clone has the old/wrong email in .git/logs/refs/remotes/origin/HEAD
>
> Is anybody familiar with this tangle?

I wouldn't really call it a "tangle". :-)

The author email is set at the time the commit is created, usually 
locally, and it should display in the editor as you're creating the 
commit.  It's not changed by push or clone, and your GitLab profile (or 
any aspect of GitLab, for that matter) has nothing to do with it.

It can be set explicitly when a commit is created or amended, but the 
default is from the user.email parameter in git config.  Note the multiple 
layers of git config, including one in your home directory and one in the 
particular repo.

For starters, look at "git config -l".  For more info on git config in 
general, "man git-config".

Fred Wright