From 0fb84912b611e03c47ebd4a3cdd3008dbb5fe417 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawkSq2FDpK2n66QRUxtqqdbyDuwgbQmUWus" Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 09:09:44 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] --- ..._is_no_global_.gitconfig_for_the_user.mdwn | 25 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/bugs/tests_fail_when_there_is_no_global_.gitconfig_for_the_user.mdwn diff --git a/doc/bugs/tests_fail_when_there_is_no_global_.gitconfig_for_the_user.mdwn b/doc/bugs/tests_fail_when_there_is_no_global_.gitconfig_for_the_user.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..2a26a67267 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/bugs/tests_fail_when_there_is_no_global_.gitconfig_for_the_user.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +Make test fails when git doesn't know what identity to give to commits + +
+
+Testing 1:blackbox:0:git-annex init
+Cases: 30  Tried: 7  Errors: 0  Failures: 0
+*** Please tell me who you are.
+
+Run
+
+  git config --global user.email "you@example.com"
+  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   not allowed
+### Failure in: 1:blackbox:0:git-annex init
+init failed
+Testing 1:blackbox:1:git-annex add:0
+Cases: 30  Tried: 8  Errors: 0  Failures: 1
+*** Please tell me who you are.
+
+ +I guess most users or people testing git-annex probably have a .gitconfig sitting in their home directories already so the above never cropped up. This failure was initially found in a clean and fresh install of a virtual machine with archlinux and repeated again on my archlinux laptop.