Improvement

September 15, 20221 Minute Read

Git commit author shown when squash merging a pull request

The author of the Git commit created when squash merging a pull request is now shown before merging. Previously, the commit author was only shown when merging with a merge commit.

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Also, if the user merging the pull request also opened it and has multiple email addresses configured, a drop-down now lets them choose a different email address to use for the commit's author.

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These improvements are designed to ensure Git commits created by squash merging are associated with the correct email address.

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Git commit author shown when squash merging a pull request - GitHub Changelog