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How to fix the wrong identification on commits from GitHub desktop?

Even though I have connected my account to GitHub desktop, commits I make from there are somewhat not linked to my account.

Here is an example screenshot

I also should indicate that email I am using GitHub Desktop with has the same email with my account (@kutayeroglu)

Thank you for your time and answers!

Solution

  • I couldn't find the exact solution to my question. However, here is my new method which prevents this error; Firstly, I use terminal instead of GitHub Desktop. (Using terminal really allows me to better understand git structure. Highly recommended.)

    1. Use "git init" in the file you want to create a repository in.

    2. Set up information with the following commands. E-mail and the username you enter here should be the same with your GitHub account.

      git config --global user.name "kutayeroglu" git config --global user.email "[email protected]"

    Hope this helps anyone having a similar problem!