Re: Is usage of debian email address appropriate while contributing to other free software projects?

Alex Muntada <[email protected]> Sun, 8 Feb 2026 14:18:27 +0100

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.debian.devel.project
Message-ID	<aYiNI-jcOoY57ayj@ix>

Hi Nilesh,

> When I push commits to repos in debian without gbp, it leads to
> commits going with non d.o address. Furthermore, I have to double
> think if I should use my @d.o when I am forwarding debian patches
> to upstream projects v/s when I am not.

A while ago, I found that you can add this to ~/.gitconfig:

```
[includeIf "gitdir/i:**/debian/"]
	path = ~/.gitconfig.debian

[includeIf "gitdir/i:**/pkg-perl/"]
	path = ~/.gitconfig.debian

[includeIf "gitdir/i:**/salsa/"]
	path = ~/.gitconfig.debian
```

Meaning any git repo that has /debian/, /pkg-perl/ or /salsa/ in
the base path, and then ~/.gitconfig.debian overrides user.email.

Hope this helps!
Alex

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