swap to git.config 

COMPLETE. 

@supertopher Here's the meat of the other solution I referenced in #28. Ended up not being as bad as I thought. Still not as clean as the other one though :/

I still have to fix the getters of committers/authors, but should give you a clear idea on where my heads at. Lemme know what ya think.
..@supertopher or am i crazy?