Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> writes: > The `stash` command only incidentally requires that the author is set, as > it calls `git commit` internally (which records the author). As stashes > are intended to be local only, that author information was never meant to > be a vital part of the `stash`. > > I could imagine that an even better enhancement request would ask for `git > stash` to work even if `user.name` is not configured. This would make a good bite-sized microproject, worth marking it as #leftoverbits unless somebody is already working on it ;-)