Github sets git global user.email to repo's local user.email

[beingmrkenny]

Description

I use git at work where the global ~/.gitconfig has a user.email of, let's say, [email protected].

I also use a personal github repo with all my dotfiles where all commits need a user.email of, let's say [email protected]. I have set the /repo/.git/config in this repo to a user.email of [email protected].

I find when I open this repo in atom, with github enabled, it resets my global user.email to [email protected], which is a huge inconvenience since I have to manually change it back every time I open this local repo.

When github is disabled, this doesn't happen.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Set your global user.email to one email address with git config --global user.email [email protected]
2. Set the local user.email to a different email address when the working dir is that repo with git config user.email [email protected]
3. Open the repo with atom .
4. View your global .gitconfig with less ~/.gitconfig — the user.email will now be [email protected].

Expected behavior:

There should be no change to the global .gitconfig, regardless of what the repo's git config is set to

Actual behavior:

Global git config user.email is changed

Reproduces how often:

100%

Versions

github 0.36.2

Atom : 1.54.0
Electron: 6.1.12
Chrome : 76.0.3809.146
Node : 12.4.0

apm 2.5.2
npm 6.14.8
node 12.4.0 x64
atom 1.54.0
python 2.7.15
git 2.29.2

macOS 10.15.7

[smashwilson]

Duplicate of #2622 and #2557 and probably a few others that I can't find right now. Already fixed by #2587. The latest package version lets you choose explicitly:

Try switching to Atom Nightly if you want this behavior sooner rather than later!

[beingmrkenny]

@smashwilson Ah that's great news, this has been happening for a while now :) Any estimate as to when atom might release this?