fix(git): add use_forge_committer config option to control committer identity

crates/forge_app/src/git_app.rs

@@ -126,11 +126,12 @@ impl<S: Services + EnvironmentInfra<Config = forge_config::ForgeConfig>> GitApp<
         })
     }
 
-    /// Commits changes with the provided commit message
+    /// Commits changes with the provided commit message.
     ///
-    /// Sets the user as the author (from git config) and ForgeCode as the
-    /// committer. This properly attributes the commit to both the user and
-    /// ForgeCode using Git's author/committer distinction.
+    /// When `use_forge_committer` is enabled, Forge uses the Git
+    /// author/committer distinction to keep the user as the author while
+    /// setting ForgeCode as the committer. When disabled, Git uses the local
+    /// configured committer identity.
     ///
     /// # Arguments
     ///
@@ -143,14 +144,17 @@ impl<S: Services + EnvironmentInfra<Config = forge_config::ForgeConfig>> GitApp<
     pub async fn commit(&self, message: String, has_staged_files: bool) -> Result<CommitResult> {
         let cwd = self.services.get_environment().cwd;
         let flags = if has_staged_files { "" } else { " -a" };
+        let use_forge_committer = self.services.get_config()?.use_forge_committer;
 
-        // Set ForgeCode as the committer while keeping the user as the author
-        // by prefixing the command with environment variables
         // Escape single quotes in the message by replacing ' with '\''
         let escaped_message = message.replace('\'', r"'\''");
-        let commit_command = format!(
-            "GIT_COMMITTER_NAME='ForgeCode' GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL='noreply@forgecode.dev' git commit {flags} -m '{escaped_message}'"
-        );
+        let commit_command = if use_forge_committer {
+            format!(
+                "GIT_COMMITTER_NAME='ForgeCode' GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL='noreply@forgecode.dev' git commit {flags} -m '{escaped_message}'"
+            )
+        } else {
+            format!("git commit {flags} -m '{escaped_message}'")
+        };
 
         let commit_result = self
             .services

crates/forge_config/.forge.toml

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ research_subagent = false
 currency_symbol = "$"
 currency_conversion_rate = 1.0
 subagents = true
+use_forge_committer = true
 
 [retry]
 backoff_factor = 2

crates/forge_config/src/config.rs

@@ -195,6 +195,11 @@ pub struct ForgeConfig {
     /// Model and provider configuration used for commit message generation.
     #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     pub commit: Option<ModelConfig>,
+    /// Whether `forge commit` should override `GIT_COMMITTER_NAME` and
+    /// `GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL` with the Forge identity. Defaults to `true` via
+    /// the embedded `.forge.toml` defaults.
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub use_forge_committer: bool,
     /// Maximum number of recent commits included as context for commit message
     /// generation.
     #[serde(default)]

forge.schema.json

@@ -355,6 +355,11 @@
         }
       ]
     },
+    "use_forge_committer": {
+      "description": "Whether `forge commit` should override `GIT_COMMITTER_NAME` and\n`GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL` with the Forge identity. Defaults to `true` via\nthe embedded `.forge.toml` defaults.",
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "default": false
+    },
     "verify_todos": {
       "description": "Enables the pending todos hook that checks for incomplete todo items\nwhen a task ends and reminds the LLM about them.",
       "type": "boolean",