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by facetube 3975 days ago
I reported this to Github privately about a year ago – specifically, I asked why there isn't some visual indication when Git's `user.email` fails to match any of the Github account's verified e-mail addresses. If you commit with a `user.email` that doesn't match _anyone_, you get a little question mark; it seemed like they could do a similar thing when you commit using a `user.email` that matches someone-who-isn't-you. Even just showing which Github user made the HTTP or SSH connection to push the changeset would be an improvement.

The tech told me that the current behavior was by design, and then pretty much said I didn't know how git worked and didn't understand Github's team/sharing/trust philosophy. I was pretty disappointed by their response, all told.