Re: How to avoid "Please tell me who you are..."?
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- Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com>
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- Jun 2, 2017, 06:37 UTC
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On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 2:30 AM, Davide Fiorentino <davide.fiorentino@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is there a reason why you don't want or can't set those details?
Well, they don't exist so there's nothing to set.
The machine below its a CubieBoard used for testing. I remote into it with test@. As a matter of policy, no check-ins occur on it. Other than the password database and authroized_keys file, there is no information on it to be lost or stolen.
Jeff
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> On June 2, 2017 7:02:22 AM GMT+01:00, Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> I'm working on a test machine. It mostly needs to be a clone of >> upstream. On occasion it needs to test a particular commit. >> >> When I attempt to test a commit it produces: >> >> $ git cherry-pick eb3b27a6a543 >> >> *** 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. >> >> This is a nameless test account, so there is no information to provide. >> >> How do I tell Git to ignore these checks? >> >> Thanks in advance.