Trim hint printed when gecos is empty. Remove asterisks for readability Suggest use of git-config for easy cut & pasting. --- ident.c | 15 ++++++++++----- 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/ident.c b/ident.c index efec97f..e415fd3 100644 --- a/ident.c +++ b/ident.c @@ -158,12 +158,17 @@ static int copy(char *buf, int size, int static const char au_env[] = "GIT_AUTHOR_NAME"; static const char co_env[] = "GIT_COMMITTER_NAME"; static const char *env_hint = -"\n*** Environment problem:\n" +"\n" "*** Your name cannot be determined from your system services (gecos).\n" -"*** You would need to set %s and %s\n" -"*** environment variables; otherwise you won't be able to perform\n" -"*** certain operations because of \"empty ident\" errors.\n" -"*** Alternatively, you can use user.name configuration variable.\n\n"; +"\n" +"Run\n" +"\n" +" git repo-config user.email \"you@xxxxxxxxx\"\n" +" git repo-config user.name \"Your Name\"\n" +"\n" +"To set the identity in this repository.\n" +"Add --global to set your account\'s default\n" +"\n"; static const char *get_ident(const char *name, const char *email, const char *date_str, int error_on_no_name) -- 1.4.2.4 -- Han-Wen Nienhuys - hanwen@xxxxxxxxx - http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanwen - To unsubscribe from this list: 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