mojotech/hipchat — pull request #16 by JustinTArthur (2012-06-08 06:14:14+00:00)
Title: No way to set user from config file for rake task on most operating systems

Just as in Capistrano, the Linux/Unix/Posix `USER` environment var should be the last resort in determining HipChat user's name in the rake task. As this variable exists on most systems, the config example in the README doesn't hold true as the `user` option is always overridden with the `USER` environment var. Instead, `HIPCHAT_USER` can be used for overriding the config file and `USER` can be used as a last resort.