Automatic setup of user identity on git clone

Whenever a repository is cloned, author information (user.email, user.name) is set according defined patterns. No longer pushing commits with your corporate email address by accident.

Installation

In case you do not already have a git template directory, create and register one:

mkdir -p ~/.config/git/templates/hooks
git config --global init.templatedir ~/.config/git/templates

Copy the file “post-checkout” to your registered git template directory:

git clone https://github.com/DrVanScott/git-clone-init.git /tmp/git-clone-init
cp /tmp/git-clone-init/post-checkout ~/.config/git/templates/hooks/

Copy a configuration template:

cp /tmp/git-clone-init/git-clone-init ~/.config/git/templates/

Configuration

You can use the file git-clone-init as a starting point. Keep in mind to create a pattern for each protocol you are using, normally ssh and https.

Example:

case "$url" in
  *@github.com:*  ) email="my-public@email";    name="public name";;
  *//github.com/* ) email="my-public@email";    name="public name";;
  *@corp.com:*    ) email="my-corporate@email"; name="real name";;
  *//corp.com/*   ) email="my-corporate@email"; name="real name";;
esac

Usage

Just do a normal “git clone” as usual.

Known issues

git-clone-init won’t work if you clone using “-n” or clone an empty repository.