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+#!/bin/bash
+
+case "$url" in
+  *@github.com:*    ) email=""; name="";;
+  *//github.com/*   ) email=""; name="";;
+esac
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+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2016 DrVanScott, https://github.com/DrVanScott
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
+
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+# Automatic setup of user identity on git clone
+
+![Screenshot of a git clone](/about.png)
+
+Whenever a repository is cloned, author information (user.email, user.name) is set according defined patterns. No longer pushing commits with your corporate email address by accident.
+
+## Installation
+
+In case you do not already have a git template directory, create and register one:
+
+```bash
+mkdir -p ~/.git-templates/hooks
+git config --global init.templatedir ~/.git-templates
+```
+Copy the file "post-checkout" to your registered git template directory:
+```bash
+cp post-checkout ~/.git-templates/hooks/
+```
+
+## Configuration
+
+You can use the file ".git-clone-init" as a starting point. Keep in mind to create a pattern for each protokoll you are using, normally ssh and https.
+
+Example:
+```bash
+case "$url" in
+  *@github.com:*  ) email="my-public@email";    name="public name";;
+  *//github.com/* ) email="my-public@email";    name="public name";;
+  *@corp.com:*    ) email="my-corporate@email"; name="real name";;
+  *//corp.com/*   ) email="my-corporate@email"; name="real name";;
+esac
+```
+
+## Usage
+
+Just do a normal "git clone" as usual.
+
+## Known issues
+
+git-clone-init won't work if you clone using "-n".
+
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+#checkout hook to locally set user name and email based on user defined patterns
+#The patterns are matched against the clone url.
+#
+#Based on http://www.dvratil.cz/2015/12/git-trick-628-automatically-set-commit-author-based-on-repo-url/
+
+function warn {
+  echo -e "\n$1 Email and author not initialized in local config!"
+}
+
+email="$(git config --local user.email)"
+name="$(git config --local user.name)"
+
+if [[ $1 != "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000" || -n $email || -n $name ]]; then
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+#get remote name:
+#  only one: take it
+#  more: take "origin", or fail
+remote="$([[ $(git remote | wc -l) -eq 1 ]] && git remote || git remote | grep "^origin$")"
+
+if [[ -z $remote ]]; then
+  warn "Failed to detect remote."
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+url="$(git config --local remote.${remote}.url)"
+
+if [[ ! -f ~/.git-clone-init ]]; then
+cat << INPUT > ~/.git-clone-init
+#!/bin/bash
+
+case "\$url" in
+  *@github.com:*    ) email=""; name="";;
+  *//github.com/*   ) email=""; name="";;
+esac
+INPUT
+  warn "\nMissing file ~/.git-clone-init. Template created..."
+  exit 0
+fi
+. ~/.git-clone-init
+
+if [[ -z $name || -z $email ]]; then
+  warn "Failed to detect identity using ~/.git-clone-init."
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+git config --local user.email "$email"
+git config --local user.name "$name"
+
+echo -e "\nIdentity set to $name <$email>"