From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B5A41F667 for ; Sat, 19 Aug 2017 16:37:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751586AbdHSQhE (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 Aug 2017 12:37:04 -0400 Received: from pb-smtp2.pobox.com ([64.147.108.71]:50123 "EHLO sasl.smtp.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751438AbdHSQhD (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 Aug 2017 12:37:03 -0400 Received: from sasl.smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D06AEA7684; Sat, 19 Aug 2017 12:36:51 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=CKijG9QJIGzpMg26OyT7CK5OidE=; b=hox5Uy v9SAy/TmPy7DEMoXpJFUJtQzqERsvkH04JLRsLM00/WRu8N+3Fr5tSEkAMyv7zQu YrvTTa+ivsBIDbjRZb7l+BrXqI0722bcsGmgQGvm+unTyFgmjqfR65lcbtM1PyPV 9fl6j+M+PyxStGSLDLzvlS3uvp1+HbR/IsL1E= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=BVWVCPL/ovaH75zgdYPI07jQun0kzHCR K5CjKVo++1r/gznXDKSjCCzM6efNai5Lo4BVqnOUq6DLFvMQBmcalRfzZoJRy/qM uX+Lr18Te6wJSqEIL2Y+m/0XTaMqLh+io+R9J2cvPqWRFqE3cy/8tZD32Nel140/ RW2Ql7an4L8= Received: from pb-smtp2.nyi.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C919DA7683; Sat, 19 Aug 2017 12:36:51 -0400 (EDT) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [104.132.0.95]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3A641A7680; Sat, 19 Aug 2017 12:36:51 -0400 (EDT) From: Junio C Hamano To: Jeffrey Walton Cc: Git List Subject: Re: Please fix the useless email prompts References: Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2017 09:36:49 -0700 In-Reply-To: (Jeffrey Walton's message of "Sat, 19 Aug 2017 11:10:23 -0400") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 9A3F052A-84FC-11E7-BF54-9D2B0D78B957-77302942!pb-smtp2.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Jeffrey Walton writes: > Is it possible to fix the issue shown below? > > I'm on a test machine. All I do is update to the latest code, build > the library and run the self tests. > > The test user account does not have a name and does not have an email > address. There's nothing to provide. > > There's no reason to break my workflows for useless Git policies like > "please tell me your email address". Its not my policy, and there's > nothing critical about it. > > Jeff > > ********** > > $ git pull > > *** 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. > > fatal: unable to auto-detect email address (got 'test@via.(none)') Hasn't this been asked and answered already? https://public-inbox.org/git/CACBZZX4vEOD-4a-eK-uBxmFrb1GLSvJKxHW51whCSbCZdh7amQ@mail.gmail.com/