Keeping track of the correct git configuration can be a hassle, when working with several repositories, e.g. using different GPG-Keys, user names and email addresses. By using this profile management addon, such configurations can be easily applied.

By default, it prevents any commit when no explicit profile is set and thus prevents horrendous rebasings.

Just hit this from your shell with the RELEASE variable prepended:

$ RELEASE=v1.0 bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/jazzschmidt/git-profile/master/install.sh)"

The create subcommand creates a new profile with the default username and email from your global git configuration and can be configured interactively.

$ git profile create corporate
user name [John Doe]: J. Doe
user e-mail [john.doe@example.com]: doe@acme.com
description [J. Doe <john.doe@example.com>]: My corporate profile 

$ git profile list
corporate - My corporate profile

When committing from a repository without a configured profile, the commit will be cancelled.

$ git commit -m "Adds documentation"
FATAL: No profile set, aborting commit.
See `git profile help` for further help or use `git profile disable` to disable profile checking.

Explicitly apply a profile to let the commit pass:

$ git profile apply corporate