Commits merged by github have "GitHub <noreply@github.com>" committer

[iloveeclipse]

I see in Eclipse History that differently to gerrit, where the user that triggered "merge" was recorded as committer, few commits are pushed where the committer is "GitHub noreply@github.com":

• 3dfa91e
• 004e0b2
• 0299924

Is this something we want / can / should configure globally and document in a policy, or is this responsibility of the individuals to do so, and if yes, hhow it should be done?

See git log --pretty=fuller command output:

git log --pretty=fuller -n 3
commit 02999245b760e4ddb79bd80343277e4828b40fab (HEAD -> master, origin/master)
Author:     Jayaprakash Arthanareeswaran <jarthana@in.ibm.com>
AuthorDate: Wed Feb 9 17:37:29 2022 +0530
Commit:     GitHub <noreply@github.com>
CommitDate: Wed Feb 9 17:37:29 2022 +0530

    Create P-build for Java 18 #7 (#11)

commit 3dfa91e12b724ee6bdb4ab88e106645d81e37b12 (tag: Y20220209-0600)
Author:     Sarika Sinha <sarika.sinha@in.ibm.com>
AuthorDate: Wed Feb 9 14:27:28 2022 +0530
Commit:     GitHub <noreply@github.com>
CommitDate: Wed Feb 9 14:27:28 2022 +0530

    #7 Debug  j18 (#10)
    
    * Update repositories_java18patch.txt
    
    * Update pom.xml
    
    * Update feature.xml

commit 004e0b224f8361da4c6ddf81c09e54aaa099d551
Author:     Kalyan Prasad Tatavarthi <kalyan_prasad@in.ibm.com>
AuthorDate: Wed Feb 9 13:58:53 2022 +0530
Commit:     GitHub <noreply@github.com>
CommitDate: Wed Feb 9 13:58:53 2022 +0530

    #7 jdt ui changes for p-build (#9)
    
    * Update repositories_java18patch.txt
    
    * Update feature.xml
    
    * Update pom.xml

[mickaelistria]

An alternative is to just let the committer field as it, unless it actually is a problem. But at the moment, I don't see what problem it does causes.

[akurtakov]

@vogella is looking into a way to disable merge commits

[mickaelistria]

I don't think it's caused by merge commits, it could be more the "Rebase and Merge" that causes it.

[mickaelistria]

By the way, merge commits are disabled already.

[gzsombor]

AFAIK, this happens if you use "Squash commits..." button in Github, instead of the "Rebase and merge"

[SarikaSinha]

I had created a local branch with first patch. Second patch was merged to the local branch. Later pull request was created with the local branch and merged. And then local branch was deleted.

[akurtakov]

Is there anything worth keeping this one open still?

[akurtakov]

Looks like there is no one still interested so I guess it's not an issue.