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* What does this error message mean?
@ 2006-02-21 22:06 Alan Chandler
  2006-02-21 22:46 ` Timo Hirvonen
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Alan Chandler @ 2006-02-21 22:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: git

alan@kanger usermgr[master]$ git commit -a
fatal: empty ident  <alan@chandlerfamily.org.uk> not allowed

Suddenly started happening, possibly after upgrade (via debian) to git 1.2.1



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Alan Chandler
http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk
Open Source. It's the difference between trust and antitrust.

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* Re: What does this error message mean?
  2006-02-21 22:06 What does this error message mean? Alan Chandler
@ 2006-02-21 22:46 ` Timo Hirvonen
  2006-02-22  4:42   ` Alan Chandler
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Timo Hirvonen @ 2006-02-21 22:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: git; +Cc: git

On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 22:06:36 +0000
Alan Chandler <alan@chandlerfamily.org.uk> wrote:

> alan@kanger usermgr[master]$ git commit -a
> fatal: empty ident  <alan@chandlerfamily.org.uk> not allowed
> 
> Suddenly started happening, possibly after upgrade (via debian) to git 1.2.1

Your GIT_AUTHOR_NAME is empty?

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* Re: What does this error message mean?
  2006-02-21 22:46 ` Timo Hirvonen
@ 2006-02-22  4:42   ` Alan Chandler
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Alan Chandler @ 2006-02-22  4:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: git

On Tuesday 21 February 2006 22:46, Timo Hirvonen wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 22:06:36 +0000
>
> Alan Chandler <alan@chandlerfamily.org.uk> wrote:
> > alan@kanger usermgr[master]$ git commit -a
> > fatal: empty ident  <alan@chandlerfamily.org.uk> not allowed
> >
> > Suddenly started happening, possibly after upgrade (via debian) to git
> > 1.2.1
>
> Your GIT_AUTHOR_NAME is empty?

Yes - seems it was.

Although it has been like that for some months, whereas this is the first time 
git-commit failed.
-- 
Alan Chandler
http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk
Open Source. It's the difference between trust and antitrust.

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