[darcs-devel] [issue2512] Multiple authors in global config get overwritten

[sap]

New submission from sap <dev-darcs at nimbrium.net>:

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.

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messages: 19300
nosy: sap
priority: bug
status: unknown
title: Multiple authors in global config get overwritten

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