Re: How to avoid "Please tell me who you are..."?

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jun 6, 2017, 22:32 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqefuw927l.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAH8yC8k9pJHLuzWneb4aRAEF2zOTCVO_5YJxrCpw28x8bDox0A@mail.gmail.com>

Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> writes:

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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.

One thing I forgot to ask you. Are you reporting "I have used this exact procedure to set up a test machine in the past and did not have this problem, but with newer Git I get this message and cannot cherry-pick or tag or do anything"? Or is this something you noticed with a version of Git you happened to have?

I am trying to make sure this is not reporting a regression, as I am not aware of any recent change that wanted to make the "unconfigured user" detection stricter than before.

Thanks.