Gitpod: Support "Keep my email address private"

[atusy]

Currently, git config user.email is forced be the one primary in GitHub.
I want to use [email protected] by default when Keep my email address private is enabled ( https://help.github.com/en/articles/about-commit-email-addresses ).
Otherwise, users have to run git config --global user.email "[email protected]" everytime starting new projects.

[kdbeall]

This would be really nice! :)

[Vlaaaaaaad]

A workaround for this is to go into _Environment Variables_ and to add GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL and GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL. I set both to my [email protected] and it works perfectly!

[CreatCodeBuild]

@Vlaaaaaaad It doesn't seem to work for me. Do you need to restart the workspace?

Still, it's Gitpod better make a setting in the GUI for better user experiences.

[jankeromnes]

@CreatCodeBuild yes I think you'd need to restart your workspace for the environment variables to be set.

Also, please make sure that the variable scope properly matches the repository (e.g. scope */* will expose your variables for every project)

[CreatCodeBuild]

Details:

gp env GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL=your_value
gp env GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL=your_value

Then restart your workspace.

[svdarren]

Setting GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL in the environment variables page didn't work for me. I had to use this in the .gitpod.yml file:

- command: git config --global user.email $GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL

I tried it as an init only command, but the environment variables aren't set by that point.

[tekumara]

I have the following set

$ gp env
[email protected]
[email protected]

But git config -l still shows my primary email.

[corneliusludmann]

But git config -l still shows my primary email.

Which e-mail addresses are used when you commit changes? git log --pretty=fuller shows me the correct e-mail addresses I've set with GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL and GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL independent of what git config -l shows.

Note that you have to restart the workspace after setting env variables with gp env or the web interface.

[tekumara]

thanks @corneliusludmann you're right! The env var GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL overrides the git config for user.email. So git log --pretty=fuller shows the GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL value.

(GIT_AUTHOR_NAME also sets the name used for the commit).

[sportshead]

Gitlab support also would be quite nice. This should be fixed ASAP as this would result in private data (user emails) being leaked while commiting.

[corneliusludmann]

@sportshead: For GitLab see this related issue: #2007