git-blame-someone-else VS emails

Or be a crafty bastard and use git blame-someone-else

A tool for you: https://github.com/jayphelps/git-blame-someone-else

But funny enough is that there is a commit where it pretends to be Linus https://github.com/jayphelps/git-blame-someone-else/commit/e...

It can be!

git blame someone else

Where the YOUR_EMAIL bit should be the noreply email github provides, it should be some where in your email settings in your account. I hope you find this post informative and if you have any thoughts or insights in this matter do comment bellow. Thanks for reading.

Github specific: You could also use the no-reply email of your Github account: At email settings bellow the Keep my email addresses private checkbox should be the no-reply email like @users.noreply.github.com

If you're talking about GitHub, go to https://github.com/settings/emails and enable "Keep my email addresses private". Anyway your email shouldn't need to be super private, what's the worst that could happen?

Go to https://github.com/settings/emails. There is an option called "Keep my email address private".

If you go to https://github.com/settings/emails and turn on "Keep my email addresses private", there is an additional setting called "Block command line pushes that expose my email":

"When you push to GitHub, we’ll check the most recent commit. If the author email on that commit is a private email on your GitHub account, we will block the push and warn you about exposing your private email."

GitHub bases the association of commits to user accounts on the list of e-mail addresses configured in the user’s profile: https://github.com/settings/emails

Finally, check your email settings. If none of that works, GitHub Support is your best bet.