Issue 2512: Multiple authors in global config get overwritten - Darcs bug tracker

Title	Multiple authors in global config get overwritten
Priority	bug	Status	resolved
Milestone		Resolved in	2.12.0
Superseder		Nosy List	jaredj, sap
Assigned To		Topics	ProbablyEasy, UI

Created on 2016-10-02.18:06:02 by sap, last changed 2016-10-20.18:17:26 by noreply.

Messages
msg19300 (view)	Author: sap	Date: 2016-10-02.18:06:00
Assume that the global configuration (~/.darcs/author) contains more than author. This is handy if you use different names and mail addresses for repositories, e.g. to distinguish between work and private, or one mail address per project. Current behaviour: When a new repository is created, darcs shows a selection of the available author names. After choosing one, darcs overwrites the global configuration (~/.darcs/author) with the selected author name. Expected behaviour: When the global configuration contains more than one author, the name should instead be stored in the repository-local confoguration (_darcs/prefs/author). This way, darcs can prompt again when the next repository is created.
msg19313 (view)	Author: noreply	Date: 2016-10-20.18:17:25
The following patch sent by Stephan-A. Posselt <dev-darcs@nimbrium.net> updated issue issue2512 with status=resolved;resolvedin=2.12.0 HEAD * resolve issue2512: author name is written to repository after multiple-choice prompt Ignore-this: fc7a73a454d35b9b70bc84ee9a924b2c

History
Date	User	Action	Args
2016-10-02 18:06:02	sap	create
2016-10-02 20:50:21	sap	set	topic: + ProbablyEasy, UI nosy: + jaredj
2016-10-10 14:52:48	sap	link	patch1519 issues
2016-10-10 14:56:08	sap	link	patch1520 issues
2016-10-20 18:17:26	noreply	set	status: unknown -> resolved messages: + msg19313 resolvedin: 2.12.0