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layout: src/layouts/Default.astro
pubDate: 2025-07-14
modDate: 2026-06-02
modDate: 2026-11-11
title: Git credentials
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description: How to work with Git credentials.
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![The Git credentials area of Octopus Deploy](/docs/img/infrastructure/git-credentials/images/git-credential-details.png)
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## Set author as committer

:::div{.info}
Available from Octopus 2027.0
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When a user commits through Octopus (for example when editing a deployment process for a version controlled project), the author on the commit is set to the Octopus user name and email address. By default, the committer is set to Octopus Deploy itself.

This can cause issues with some Git provider pre-receive hooks, which require the author to match the committer on the commit. You can enable the **Set Author As Committer** option on a Git credential, which will set both the author and the committer to the Octopus user details.

If a Git signing key is configured, then the identity on the signing key is used as the author and committer, not the Octopus user details.

## Older versions

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