# pair, a git author tool

DevFeed: [pair, a git author tool](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/pair-a-git-author-tool-15800.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://developer.squareup.com/blog/pair-a-git-author-tool>)

Author: Square Engineering

Published: 2016-04-13T16:11:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Square Corner Blog RSS Feed](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/square-corner-blog-rss-feed.md>)

Topics: [Git](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/git.md>), [Tool](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tool.md>), [Go](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/go.md>), [YAML](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/yaml.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/configuration.md>)

Tags: [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/configuration.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [git](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/git.md>), [go](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/go.md>), [programming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/programming.md>), [tool](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tool.md>), [yaml](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/yaml.md>)

## AI overview

Square's pair tool simplifies Git authorship for pair programming by expanding multiple contributor names into a joint author configuration and email alias. The article explains why it was built in Go, how it is used, and how a YAML file maps usernames to full names.

## Source excerpt

Simplifying authorship in pair programming.