Use name and email from git

Closes: #509867

2 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/gbp/config.py b/gbp/config.py
index cb524df..0f167e2 100644
--- a/gbp/config.py
+++ b/gbp/config.py
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ class GbpOptionParser(OptionParser):
                  'meta-closes'     : 'Closes|LP',
                  'id-length'       : '0',
                  'no-dch'          : 'False',
+                 'git-author'      : 'False',
              }
     help = {
              'debian-branch':
@@ -66,6 +67,8 @@ class GbpOptionParser(OptionParser):
                   "use pristine-tar to create .orig.tar.gz, default is '%(pristine-tar)s'",
              'filter':
                   "files to filter out during import (can be given multiple times)",
+             'git-author':
+                  "use name and email from git-config for changelog trailer, default is '%(git-author)s'"
            }
     config_files = [ '/etc/git-buildpackage/gbp.conf',
                      os.path.expanduser('~/.gbp.conf'),
diff --git a/gbp/git_utils.py b/gbp/git_utils.py
index da8884e..ce4ebed 100644
--- a/gbp/git_utils.py
+++ b/gbp/git_utils.py
@@ -153,6 +153,12 @@ class GitRepository(object):
             GitRm(verbose=verbose)(files)
         return not self.is_clean()[0]
 
+    def get_config(self, name):
+        """Gets the config value associated with name"""
+        self.__check_path()
+        value, ret = self.__git_getoutput('config', [ name ])
+        if ret: raise KeyError
+        return value[0][:-1] # first line with \n ending removed
 
 def create_repo(path):
     """create a repository at path"""