From d5cc2de9ff57d2f6734f6e6e34addc2fae1b5b0e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Han-Wen Nienhuys Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 11:27:39 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] ident.c: Trim hint printed when gecos is empty. Also remove asterisks for readability, and suggest use of git-config for easy cut & pasting. Signed-off-by: Han-Wen Nienhuys Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- ident.c | 15 ++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/ident.c b/ident.c index efec97ffd..e415fd358 100644 --- a/ident.c +++ b/ident.c @@ -158,12 +158,17 @@ static int copy(char *buf, int size, int offset, const char *src) 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" +"\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" -"*** Alternatively, you can use user.name configuration variable.\n\n"; +"\n" +"Run\n" +"\n" +" git repo-config user.email \"you@email.com\"\n" +" git repo-config user.name \"Your Name\"\n" +"\n" +"To set the identity in this repository.\n" +"Add --global to set your account\'s default\n" +"\n"; static const char *get_ident(const char *name, const char *email, const char *date_str, int error_on_no_name) -- 2.45.2