From 03b4cf74a2d2ce2f1ff39f0354b9577425e6524e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: obscuren <geffobscura@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2015 23:53:30 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] geth: added identity flag which allows to set a custom node
 name

---
 cmd/geth/main.go   | 1 +
 cmd/utils/flags.go | 9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/cmd/geth/main.go b/cmd/geth/main.go
index c0953d75e..dab167bbb 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/main.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/main.go
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ JavaScript API. See https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/wiki/Javascipt-Conso
 		},
 	}
 	app.Flags = []cli.Flag{
+		utils.IdentityFlag,
 		utils.UnlockedAccountFlag,
 		utils.PasswordFileFlag,
 		utils.BootnodesFlag,
diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index 8141fae82..a1d9eedda 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ var (
 		Usage: "Blockchain version",
 		Value: core.BlockChainVersion,
 	}
+	IdentityFlag = cli.StringFlag{
+		Name:  "identity",
+		Usage: "node name",
+	}
 
 	// miner settings
 	MinerThreadsFlag = cli.IntFlag{
@@ -242,6 +246,11 @@ func MakeEthConfig(clientID, version string, ctx *cli.Context) *eth.Config {
 	// Set the log dir
 	glog.SetLogDir(ctx.GlobalString(LogFileFlag.Name))
 
+	customName := ctx.GlobalString(IdentityFlag.Name)
+	if len(customName) > 0 {
+		clientID += "/" + customName
+	}
+
 	return &eth.Config{
 		Name:               common.MakeName(clientID, version),
 		DataDir:            ctx.GlobalString(DataDirFlag.Name),