alan@kanger usermgr[master]$ git commit -a fatal: empty ident <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> not allowed Suddenly started happening, possibly after upgrade (via debian) to git 1.2.1 -- Alan Chandler http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk Open Source. It's the difference between trust and antitrust. - : send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html