--- /dev/null
+if [ "$UID" = 0 -a -z "$GIT_AUTHOR_NAME" -a -z "$GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL" ]; then
+ cat <<'EOF'
+Please commit your changes if you modify any files in /etc to git!
+But before that please setup env vars to identify your commits in your ~/.bash_profile:
+
+export GIT_AUTHOR_NAME='Elan Ruusamäe'
+export GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL='glen@pld-linux.org'
+
+export GIT_COMMITTER_NAME=${GIT_COMMITER_NAME:-$GIT_AUTHOR_NAME}
+export GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL=${GIT_COMMITER_EMAIL:-$GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL}
+
+ -glen
+EOF
+fi