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Re: What does this error message mean?

From
Alan Chandler <alan@chandlerfamily.org.uk>
Date
Feb 22, 2006, 04:42 UTC
Message-ID
<200602220442.50935.alan@chandlerfamily.org.uk>
In-Reply-To
<20060222004637.1a066569.tihirvon@gmail.com>
On Tuesday 21 February 2006 22:46, Timo Hirvonen wrote:
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> 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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  1. Alan ChandlerFeb 21, 2006
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