In git version 1.8.2.3 (in arch) I'm getting this message when doing git commit -a
fatal: empty ident name (for ) not allowed
I get this message in a brand new repository. I'm getting the same message in Ubuntu 12.10 which has 1.8.1.2
The message suggests I do
Run
git config --global user.email "you@example.com"
git config --global user.name "Your Name" to set your account's default identity.
but I've done this
[tim@newton git_scratchpad]$ git config -l
core.repositoryformatversion=0
core.filemode=true
core.bare=false
core.logallrefupdates=true
git works as I expect on another machine with 1.7.9. I'm at my wits end and I don't know what to do.
