Git identity from the settings for all agent shells, terminals and the git panel

Set GIT_AUTHOR_*/GIT_COMMITTER_* from Settings → Account → Git (also inside the
sandbox), so a repository's own user.name/user.email no longer wins; tell agents
not to change the git identity.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

server/src/git.rs

@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ tokio::task_local! {
     static SANDBOX: Option<crate::sandbox::SandboxSpec>;
     /// The user's git config (credentials, identity) for unsandboxed runs.
     static GITCONFIG: Option<std::path::PathBuf>;
+    /// The user's commit identity (overrides a repository's own user.name/email).
+    static GITENV: Vec<(String, String)>;
 }
 
 async fn git(dir: &Path, args: &[&str], timeout: u64) -> Result<Out, ApiError> {
@@ -63,6 +65,7 @@ async fn git(dir: &Path, args: &[&str], timeout: u64) -> Result<Out, ApiError> {
             if let Some(cfg) = GITCONFIG.try_with(|g| g.clone()).ok().flatten() {
                 c.env("GIT_CONFIG_GLOBAL", cfg);
             }
+            c.envs(GITENV.try_with(|e| e.clone()).unwrap_or_default());
             c
         }
     };
@@ -171,7 +174,8 @@ fn parse_status(raw: &str) -> Value {
 pub async fn handle(Extension(user): Extension<User>, State(app): State<AppState>, Json(b): Json<GitBody>) -> ApiResult {
     let spec = crate::sandbox::spec_for(&app, Some(&user.id));
     let cfg = crate::gitcreds::global_config(&app, &user);
-    SANDBOX.scope(spec, GITCONFIG.scope(cfg, handle_inner(user, app, b))).await
+    let env = crate::gitcreds::identity_env(&app, &user.id);
+    SANDBOX.scope(spec, GITCONFIG.scope(cfg, GITENV.scope(env, handle_inner(user, app, b)))).await
 }
 
 async fn handle_inner(user: User, app: AppState, b: GitBody) -> ApiResult {
@@ -388,8 +392,9 @@ fn wt_str<'a>(wt: &'a Value, key: &str) -> &'a str {
 pub async fn worktree(app: &std::sync::Arc<App>, user: &User, session: &mut crate::types::Session, action: &str) -> Result<Value, ApiError> {
     let spec = crate::sandbox::spec_for(app, Some(&user.id));
     let cfg = crate::gitcreds::global_config(app, user);
+    let env = crate::gitcreds::identity_env(app, &user.id);
     let s = session.clone();
-    let res = SANDBOX.scope(spec, GITCONFIG.scope(cfg, worktree_inner(s, action))).await?;
+    let res = SANDBOX.scope(spec, GITCONFIG.scope(cfg, GITENV.scope(env, worktree_inner(s, action)))).await?;
     if let Some(cwd) = res.get("cwd").and_then(|v| v.as_str()) {
         session.cwd = cwd.to_string();
     }

server/src/gitcreds.rs

@@ -35,6 +35,24 @@ pub struct GitSettings {
     pub credentials: Vec<GitCredential>,
 }
 
+/// The user's commit identity as environment variables. They take precedence over a
+/// repository's own `user.name`/`user.email`, so commits made by agents, terminals and
+/// the git panel always carry the identity from the settings.
+pub fn identity_env(app: &App, user_id: &str) -> Vec<(String, String)> {
+    let s: GitSettings = app.store.user_setting(user_id, "git").unwrap_or_default();
+    let mut env = Vec::new();
+    let (name, email) = (s.name.trim(), s.email.trim());
+    if !name.is_empty() {
+        env.push(("GIT_AUTHOR_NAME".to_string(), name.to_string()));
+        env.push(("GIT_COMMITTER_NAME".to_string(), name.to_string()));
+    }
+    if !email.is_empty() {
+        env.push(("GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL".to_string(), email.to_string()));
+        env.push(("GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL".to_string(), email.to_string()));
+    }
+    env
+}
+
 pub fn home_of(app: &App, user: &User) -> PathBuf {
     app.data_dir().join("users").join(&user.username).join("home")
 }

server/src/sandbox.rs

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ pub struct SandboxSpec {
     pub roots: Vec<PathBuf>,
     /// Host directory mounted as the user's home.
     pub home: PathBuf,
+    /// Extra environment (the user's git identity).
+    pub env: Vec<(String, String)>,
 }
 
 impl SandboxSpec {
@@ -69,7 +71,7 @@ pub fn spec_for(app: &App, owner_id: Option<&str>) -> Option<SandboxSpec> {
     }
     let home = app.data_dir().join("users").join(&user.username).join("home");
     let _ = std::fs::create_dir_all(&home);
-    Some(SandboxSpec { username: user.username.clone(), roots: app.user_roots(Some(&user.id)), home })
+    Some(SandboxSpec { username: user.username.clone(), roots: app.user_roots(Some(&user.id)), home, env: crate::gitcreds::identity_env(app, &user.id) })
 }
 
 /// Build a command that runs `program args` inside the sandbox in `cwd`.
@@ -148,9 +150,31 @@ pub fn bwrap_args(spec: &SandboxSpec, cwd: &Path, extra_ro: &[&Path], new_sessio
     ] {
         push(&[&"--setenv", &k, &v]);
     }
+    for (k, v) in &spec.env {
+        push(&[&"--setenv", k, v]);
+    }
     push(&[&"--chdir", &cwd, &program]);
     for a in args {
         push(&[a]);
     }
     c
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn git_identity_reaches_the_sandbox() {
+        let spec = SandboxSpec {
+            username: "ann".into(),
+            roots: vec![],
+            home: PathBuf::from("/tmp/ann"),
+            env: vec![("GIT_AUTHOR_NAME".into(), "Ann Example".into())],
+        };
+        let args: Vec<String> = bwrap_args(&spec, Path::new("/tmp"), &[], true, "bash", &[]).into_iter().map(|a| a.to_string_lossy().into_owned()).collect();
+        let i = args.iter().position(|a| a == "GIT_AUTHOR_NAME").expect("identity set");
+        assert_eq!(args[i - 1], "--setenv");
+        assert_eq!(args[i + 1], "Ann Example");
+    }
+}

server/src/terminal.rs

@@ -157,7 +157,12 @@ pub fn spawn(app: &Arc<App>, user: &User, cwd: &Path, session_id: Option<String>
             pty_process::Command::new("bwrap").env_clear().args(crate::sandbox::bwrap_args(&spec, cwd, &[], false, shell[0], &shell[1..]))
         }
         None => {
-            let c = pty_process::Command::new(shell[0]).args(&shell[1..]).current_dir(cwd).env("TERM", "xterm-256color").env("CODECRAFT", "1");
+            let c = pty_process::Command::new(shell[0])
+                .args(&shell[1..])
+                .current_dir(cwd)
+                .env("TERM", "xterm-256color")
+                .env("CODECRAFT", "1")
+                .envs(crate::gitcreds::identity_env(app, &user.id));
             match crate::gitcreds::global_config(app, user) {
                 Some(cfg) => c.env("GIT_CONFIG_GLOBAL", cfg),
                 None => c,

server/src/tools/bash.rs

@@ -150,8 +150,11 @@ pub fn shell_command(ctx: &ToolCtx, command: &str) -> std::result::Result<Comman
             c.arg("-c").arg(&script).current_dir(&ctx.cwd).env("CODECRAFT", "1").env("GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT", "0").env("PAGER", "cat");
             // The session owner's git credentials and identity.
             let owner = ctx.app.session(&ctx.session_id).ok().and_then(|s| s.owner_id).and_then(|id| ctx.app.store.user(&id).ok().flatten());
-            if let Some(cfg) = owner.and_then(|u| crate::gitcreds::global_config(&ctx.app, &u)) {
-                c.env("GIT_CONFIG_GLOBAL", cfg);
+            if let Some(u) = owner {
+                if let Some(cfg) = crate::gitcreds::global_config(&ctx.app, &u) {
+                    c.env("GIT_CONFIG_GLOBAL", cfg);
+                }
+                c.envs(crate::gitcreds::identity_env(&ctx.app, &u.id));
             }
             c
         }