Comment by baobun

> What’s the point of the “Keep my email addresses private” github option and “noreply” emails then?

Those settings will affect what email shows up in commits.

In commits you vreate on other tooling you can configure a fake/alternate user.email address in gitconfig. Git (not just GitHub) needs some email address flr each commit but it is freetext.

There is one problem: commit signatures. For GitHub to consider a commit not created by github.com Web UI to be "verified" and get a green check mark, the following needs to hold:

- Commit is signed

- Commit email address matches a verified GH account email address

So you can not use a 'nocontact@thih9.example.com' address and get green checks on your commits - it needs to be an address that is at least active when you add it to your account.