diff --git a/.gitconfig b/.gitconfig
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+[user]
+	email = Christ.Scherr@newtec.de
+	name = Christoph J. Scherr
+	signingkey = Christ.Scherr@newtec.de
+[credential]
+	helper = store --file ~/.git-credentials
+[commit]
+	gpgsign = false