# You don't exist, Go away! although user.name has been set

3 messages from 2008-09-16 to 2008-09-18. Participants: Marc Weber, Andreas Ericsson.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/15541

## Marc Weber, 2008-09-16 01:05

Subject: You don't exist, Go away! although user.name has been set
Message-ID: <20080916010529.GB22597@gmx.de>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20080916010529.GB22597%40gmx.de

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Today I was glad. I 've been able to compile git on a maanged server.
git clone did work as well however running
git fetch <remote location> caused the line
      die("You don't exist. Go away!");

to be executed. (the first one)

Before examining that I asked at #git and got the tip to set
user.name and user.email which I did. Then I verified that git
git var GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT and 
git var GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT
both printed some values.

I still got the failure above.
I've fixed it for my case by setting
git_default_name and git_default_email just before the check within the
ident.c file (line 76)..

However I want to ask wether I've hit a known problem and wether you
would appreciate me debggung this issue any further?

Maybe I should add that I've been running that git from the build
directory if that matters. The version is 1.6.0 from the official
mirror site.

Marc Weber

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## Andreas Ericsson, 2008-09-16 07:38

Subject: Re: You don't exist, Go away! although user.name has been set
Message-ID: <48CF6277.4060807@op5.se>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/48CF6277.4060807%40op5.se
In-Reply-To: <20080916010529.GB22597@gmx.de>

```
Marc Weber wrote:
> Today I was glad. I 've been able to compile git on a maanged server.
> git clone did work as well however running
> git fetch <remote location> caused the line
>       die("You don't exist. Go away!");
> 
> to be executed. (the first one)
> 
> Before examining that I asked at #git and got the tip to set
> user.name and user.email which I did. Then I verified that git
> git var GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT and 
> git var GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT
> both printed some values.
> 
> I still got the failure above.
> I've fixed it for my case by setting
> git_default_name and git_default_email just before the check within the
> ident.c file (line 76)..
> 
> However I want to ask wether I've hit a known problem and wether you
> would appreciate me debggung this issue any further?
> 

I can assure you that people are capable of fetching, pulling and
committing with git. I do it all day long at least.

Can you post your ~/.gitconfig (and/or .git/config) file, please?
In conjunction, I also need to know the exact username you're using
on your system.


> Maybe I should add that I've been running that git from the build
> directory if that matters. The version is 1.6.0 from the official
> mirror site.
> 

If you'd been running 0.99 I'd have been worried. 1.6.0 is pretty
solid.

-- 
Andreas Ericsson                   andreas.ericsson@op5.se
OP5 AB                             www.op5.se
Tel: +46 8-230225                  Fax: +46 8-230231

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## Marc Weber, 2008-09-18 11:47

Subject: Re: You don't exist, Go away! although user.name has been set
Message-ID: <20080918114735.GA14176@gmx.de>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20080918114735.GA14176%40gmx.de
In-Reply-To: <48CF6277.4060807@op5.se>

```
>  I can assure you that people are capable of fetching, pulling and
>  committing with git. I do it all day long at least.
> 
>  Can you post your ~/.gitconfig (and/or .git/config) file, please?
>  In conjunction, I also need to know the exact username you're using
>  on your system.

Hmm I think it only occurs if you git clone the repo before adding the
identity to your global config.

If you clone the repository after having added your identity everything
is fine..

/ksa > git fetch origin
fatal: You don't exist. Go away!

~/.gitconfig:
[user]
        name = sadflkj-sa
        email = info@dflkje.de

The repo config is unchanged  after cloning.
The HEAD pointer is invalid. But this shouldn't matter

Sincerly
Marc Weber

```