author identity unknown 🌿 Git

Author identity unknown *** Please tell me who you are.

Git doesn’t know your name and email for commits.

Seen on: Git

Meaning

New machines, containers and CI runners have no user.name/user.email.

Common causes

  • Fresh install
  • CI job without git config
  • Repo-level config overriding with empty values

⚡ Quick fix

  1. git config --global user.name "Your Name"
  2. git config --global user.email "you@example.com"
  3. In CI, set them in the job

Detailed fix by platform

Git

  1. git config --global user.name "Asha Rao" && git config --global user.email "asha@example.com"

How to diagnose

  1. Config — git config --list --show-origin | grep user
  2. Recent change — Did it start after a deploy, upgrade, or configuration change? Compare with the last working version.

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