Bug 592422

Summary:	sys-apps/etckeeper: git config for user portage
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	karloff <sb_karloff>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Manuel Rüger (RETIRED) <mrueg>
Status:	RESOLVED TEST-REQUEST
Severity:	trivial
Priority:	Low
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	emerge --info

Description karloff 2016-08-30 11:06:34 UTC

Created attachment 444428 [details]
emerge --info

Since i installed sys-apps/etckeeper i get every emerge to following message:
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*** 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 'root@loki.(none)')
    warning: etckeeper failed to commit changes in /etc using git

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The problem is that there is no real user portage so i can't tell etckeeper
the wanted information in this case.

Is it possible to fix, maybe to use the informations from root user?

Comment 1 Manuel Rüger (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2016-09-04 14:15:59 UTC

You can change GIT_COMMIT_OPTIONS="" in etckeeper.conf to manipulate GIT_CONFIG variable that points to the used gitconfig. 

Another solution, you could try, is to change the required settings in /etc/gitconfig which is the global config file for git.

Please let me know if this fixes your issue.

Comment 2 Manuel Rüger (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2016-10-24 22:00:15 UTC

Haven't heard back, please reopen if my suggestion does not work for you.