Jeffrey Walton <noloader@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Is it possible to fix the issue shown below? > > I'm on a test machine. All I do is update to the latest code, build > the library and run the self tests. > > The test user account does not have a name and does not have an email > address. There's nothing to provide. > > There's no reason to break my workflows for useless Git policies like > "please tell me your email address". Its not my policy, and there's > nothing critical about it. > > Jeff > > ********** > > $ git pull > > *** Please tell me who you are. > > Run > > git config --global user.email "you@xxxxxxxxxxx" > git config --global user.name "Your Name" > > to set your account's default identity. > Omit --global to set the identity only in this repository. > > fatal: unable to auto-detect email address (got 'test@via.(none)') Hasn't this been asked and answered already? https://public-inbox.org/git/CACBZZX4vEOD-4a-eK-uBxmFrb1GLSvJKxHW51whCSbCZdh7amQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/