Detect systems that have no user name set in GECOS, and also don't have user.name set in git config, and put in a workaround so that commits to the git-annex branch (and the assistant) will still succeed despite git not liking the system configuration.

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Joey Hess 2013-04-22 15:36:34 -04:00
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@ -35,3 +35,7 @@ remote repository always fails**
> So, I'm going to repurpose this bug to track that problem. --[[Joey]]
[[!meta title="assistant can fail to make git repository if remote server is lacking GECOS"]]
>> [[done]]; git-annex always checks for missing gecos and enables
>> a workaround. This does mean the server needs to be upgraded in order
>> for the fix to work. --[[Joey]]