Resolve Declined Commit Due to GitHub Email Privacy in Terminal on Mac - VicPhanDevOps/mac GitHub Wiki

• The following resolution is how to resolve when your commit is declined due to GitHub email privacy restriction.
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• Go to your GitHub account in a web browser, expand the profile menu and select “Settings.”
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• Select the “Emails” tab, scroll down to “Keep my addresses private” and click the checkbox. Highlight the non-reply email and press the “command” and “C” keys to copy it.
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• Return to the Terminal, type git config --global user.email “< non-reply email >” and press the “return” key to configure Git to use your non-reply email for commits.
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• Type git reset --soft HEAD~1 and press the “return” key to reset settings.
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• Type git commit -m “< commit message >” and press the “return” key to commit your changes.
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• Type git push and press the “return” key to push your changes. This time your changes will complete.
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• You can sanity check GitHub in the web browser to see the that latest commit happened.
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