+def __get_maintainer():
+ """Return the 'authname <authemail>' string as read from the
+ configuration file
+ """
+ if config.has_option('stgit', 'authname') \
+ and config.has_option('stgit', 'authemail'):
+ return '%s <%s>' % (config.get('stgit', 'authname'),
+ config.get('stgit', 'authemail'))
+ else:
+ return None
+