Actually it's all git's fault for not working if user.name is null or unset. Ask yourself, would email programs panic if all there was only bob@xxxxxxxxxxx in a header? > But we need a user.name for legal reasons. But there should be a way to override it, in case those laws don't apply. I want Author: jidanni@xxxxxxxxxxx like my email address above. But the closest I can get is Author: jidanni <jidanni@xxxxxxxxxxx> And then there are some programs that need $ git config --global user.name $USER just to get that, else the springs come loose: $ git-format-patch -s *** 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: empty ident <jidanni@xxxxxxxxxxx > not allowed -- 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
