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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
38/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
git, python
Domain
tooling

Research direction

Locate the template setup entry point and inspect how the default full_name and email values are currently obtained. Use the repository's git configuration as the source for those defaults, and verify that setup produces the expected values when they are configured.

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Description

When setting up the template, get the default full_name and email from the git configuration.

Dominant language
Python
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Forks
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