Github: "This email will not be used for commit blame" <p>How can I use a fake email address with Github?</p> <p>Following <a href="http://wayback.archive.org/web/20130124033702/https://help.github.com/articles/keeping-your-email-address-private">Github's since-changed instructions</a>, I had a fake email like user@server.fake configured with git (<code>git config --global user.email "user@server.fake"</code>) and registered on my <a href="https://github.com/settings/emails">email settings page</a>.</p> <p>It was linking my commits, but not since the past week or so, and it has a "(?)" tooltip saying:</p> <blockquote> <p>This email will not be used for commit blame</p> </blockquote> <p>My real email address is verified and blamable, but I want to keep it private.</p> <p>How can I use a fake one and still be blamed?</p>