{
  "id": 15756380,
  "title": "Wrong git email again? Pick the identity from the remote URL",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/wrong-git-email-again-pick-the-identity-from-the-remote-url",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-20T15:18:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/yantrakar/wrong-git-email-again-pick-the-identity-from-the-remote-url-1d3n"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Git commits can be made with incorrect names and email addresses, leading to rejected pushes and unnoticed issues for weeks. Git picks the identity based on the folder structure, but this may not always be accurate. The remote URL is a better identifier, as it remains consistent regardless of the cloned location. Git has supported this feature since version 2.36, allowing users to specify a specific path for remote configuration. To manage multiple accounts, users should add one SSH host entry per account, preventing the same key from being used across different accounts. Alternatively, gitpro, a small open-source CLI tool, can generate the necessary includeIf blocks and SSH entries in a marked block, backed up before implementation. gitpro provides a simple solution by writing the configuration, previewing the changes, and confirming the user's intent. To determine which identity should be used for a particular repository, users can run gitpro scan to identify any overridden identities. If needed, gitpro can automatically fix the issue by removing the outdated user.email. This tool is particularly useful for coding agents that commit as the user identity defined by Git, ensuring that wrong-identity commits or pushes are prevented. The gitpro solution is available for Linux and macOS under the MIT license, with the source code hosted on GitHub. The tool was developed with assistance from Claude, an AI assistant, and offers a straightforward way to streamline Git configurations and avoid identity-related issues.",
  "summary": "Personal GitHub, work GitHub, GitLab, two Bitbuckets. More than once I committed with the wrong name and email. Sometimes the push was rejected. Sometimes nobody noticed for weeks. Why includeIf gitdir is not enough It picks the identity by folder. Repos don't always live in the right folder. The remote URL is a better signal: git@bitbucket.org:client/api.git is a client repo wherever it is…",
  "key_points": [
    "Git commits can have incorrect names and email addresses.",
    "Remote URL is a more consistent identity identifier.",
    "gitpro tool helps manage multiple Git identities."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}