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Diffstat (limited to 'ident.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | ident.c | 14 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -46,6 +46,15 @@ static void copy_gecos(struct passwd *w, char *name, int sz) } +static const char au_env[] = "GIT_AUTHOR_NAME"; +static const char co_env[] = "GIT_COMMITTER_NAME"; +static const char env_hint[] = +"\n*** Environment problem:\n" +"*** Your name cannot be determined from your system services (gecos).\n" +"*** You would need to set %s and %s\n" +"*** environment variables; otherwise you won't be able to perform\n" +"*** certain operations because of \"empty ident\" errors.\n\n"; + int setup_ident(void) { int len; @@ -57,6 +66,11 @@ int setup_ident(void) /* Get the name ("gecos") */ copy_gecos(pw, git_default_name, sizeof(git_default_name)); + if (!*git_default_name) { + if (!getenv(au_env) || !getenv(co_env)) + fprintf(stderr, env_hint, au_env, co_env); + } + /* Make up a fake email address (name + '@' + hostname [+ '.' + domainname]) */ len = strlen(pw->pw_name); if (len > sizeof(git_default_email)/2) |