How to reload global user information in SourceTree?

Question

I have updated my global username and email on the command line:

git config --global user.name "NewUserName"
git config --global user.email "mynew@mail.com"

I restarted SourceTree, but when I open a repository, then go to Settings > Advanced, it still shows the old username (The 'Use global user settings' checkbox is checked).

Any idea what I need to do to make it correct?

Agustin Martin_038j95 · Answer

I thought I was going crazy seeing how sourcetree managed my global username/email, but I'm glad I'm not alone in this.

Using Win7, sourcetree 1.4.1.0

I see the wrong (old) username in the Tools->Options menu

I opened SRCTREEWIN-1570

Wim Deblauwe · Answer

It does not change to the global ones. I am on version 1.6.1 of which the updater tells me that it is the most recent.

KieranA · Answer

Strange, I cannot reproduce this behaviour. If you uncheck the 'use global settings' and re-check it, does the username/e-mail change to the global ones. This is the expected behaviour. If doing this doesn't work for you then it's a bug although I can't reproduce it from here