git-authors

This git plugin allows you to create "profiles" with a name/email and easily switch between profiles. It also has a concept of "organization profiles" which contain several names and a base email, allowing you to include any number of authors on a commit. (Useful for pairing!)

Configuration is easy and lives in the gitconfig of your choice.

gem install git-authors

Let's create two profiles in our ~/.gitconfig:

[git-authors "personal"]
  name = Bill Murray
  email = billmurray@gmail.com
[git-authors "example"]
  name = Bill Murray
  email = bill@example.org

Now we can switch between the profiles easily:

$ git authors personal
Bill Murray (set in ~/.gitconfig)
billmurray@gmail.com (set in ~/.gitconfig)
$ git authors example
Bill Murray (set in ~/.gitconfig)
bill@example.org (set in ~/.gitconfig)