Git: “please tell me who you are” error

Question

I have app servers that I bootstrap together using Chef + some ad-hoc bash scripts. The problem is, when I want to run an update on one of these app servers, I get:

Answer 1

git pull should not require this. However if the pull causes a merge conflict, then it seems nessecary.

Answer 2

I ran into this error message whilst trying to commit some files.

Simply running git fetch then trying my commit again worked for me.

Answer 3

Instead of doing a git pull, you can do:

git fetch
git reset --hard origin/master

Neither of those require you to configure your git user name / email.

This will destroy any uncommitted local changes / commits, and will leave your HEAD pointing to a commit (not a branch). But neither of those should be a problem for an app server since you shouldn't be making local changes or committing to that repository.

Answer 4

Update your bootstrap process to create a ${HOME}/.gitconfig with the proper contents, or to copy an existing one from somewhere.

Answer 5

If you are using sourcetree: Repository -> Repository Settings --> Advanced --> uncheck "Use global user settings" box

worked great for me.

Answer 6

i use heroku cli 1. must use all user name and user email

$git config --global user.email .login email.

$git config --global user.name .heroku name.

2. git pull [git url]
3. git init

4. git add *

   5 git commit -m "after config user.name ,user email"

5. git push heroku master