From 85feb67161e133106e2802792cc24c0e62da4eed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Bruten <109733895+james-bruten-mo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2026 11:45:20 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] add git ex advice

---
 source/WorkingPractices/gh_authorisation.rst | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/source/WorkingPractices/gh_authorisation.rst b/source/WorkingPractices/gh_authorisation.rst
index f40732d6..35f43a66 100644
--- a/source/WorkingPractices/gh_authorisation.rst
+++ b/source/WorkingPractices/gh_authorisation.rst
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ Before starting to use GitHub, you will also need to configure your `user name
 <https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/git-basics/setting-your-username-in-git?platform=linux>`_
 and `commit email address
 <https://docs.github.com/en/account-and-profile/how-tos/setting-up-and-managing-your-personal-account-on-github/managing-email-preferences/setting-your-commit-email-address>`_.
+This is worth doing on all platforms you have access to where git is available
+(eg. EX HPCs for Met Office staff).
 
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