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authorGravatar Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2013-04-22 15:36:34 -0400
committerGravatar Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2013-04-22 15:36:34 -0400
commit6c5360cbdf20821a97a0f109ea114e4772b001e6 (patch)
tree030a5613938276edb57e18a09063bfe4c4ed4905 /doc
parent8655ea7f8e853b7de4defbca2655b741362ecd21 (diff)
Detect systems that have no user name set in GECOS, and also don't have user.name set in git config, and put in a workaround so that commits to the git-annex branch (and the assistant) will still succeed despite git not liking the system configuration.
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@@ -35,3 +35,7 @@ remote repository always fails**
> So, I'm going to repurpose this bug to track that problem. --[[Joey]]
[[!meta title="assistant can fail to make git repository if remote server is lacking GECOS"]]
+
+>> [[done]]; git-annex always checks for missing gecos and enables
+>> a workaround. This does mean the server needs to be upgraded in order
+>> for the fix to work. --[[Joey]]