Add another set of GIT_{AUTHOR,COMMITTER}_{NAME,EMAIL} with lower priorities

[dscho]

It would be nice if git supported a way to do override the fallback when neither the config nor the current environment variables specify the author/committer name.

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[webstech]

Looking at implementing in fmt_ident in ident.c. Are env vars GIT_{AUTHOR,COMMITTER}_{NAME,EMAIL}_DEFAULT acceptable?

Seems like the doc change could be bigger than the code change.

Suggestions on where to add test cases would be appreciated.

[dscho]

Looking at implementing in fmt_ident in ident.c. Are env vars GIT_{AUTHOR,COMMITTER}_{NAME,EMAIL}_DEFAULT acceptable?

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