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Failed to commit: Author identity unknown

Open AbdSattout opened this issue 7 months ago • 0 comments

Summary

After updating Zed on Linux, I can no longer commit using Git Panel.

Description

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Open Git Panel (Ctrl + Shift + G)
  2. Stage any changes
  3. Write a commit message
  4. Press Commit (Ctrl + Enter)

Expected Behavior: Commit the changes Actual Behavior: Failed to commit: Author identity unknown

Output from git commit:

Failed to commit:
Author identity unknown

*** Please tell me who you are.

Run

  git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
  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

Zed Version and System Specs

Zed: v0.188.4 (Zed) OS: Linux

AbdSattout avatar May 30 '25 10:05 AbdSattout