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Diffstat (limited to 'ident.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | ident.c | 33 |
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 8 deletions
@@ -156,8 +156,18 @@ static int copy(char *buf, int size, int offset, const char *src) return offset; } +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" +"*** Alternatively, you can use user.name configuration variable.\n\n"; + static const char *get_ident(const char *name, const char *email, - const char *date_str) + const char *date_str, int error_on_no_name) { static char buffer[1000]; char date[50]; @@ -168,9 +178,14 @@ static const char *get_ident(const char *name, const char *email, if (!email) email = git_default_email; - if (!*name || !*email) - die("empty ident %s <%s> not allowed", - name, email); + if (!*name) { + if (name == git_default_name && env_hint) { + fprintf(stderr, env_hint, au_env, co_env); + env_hint = NULL; /* warn only once, for "git-var -l" */ + } + if (error_on_no_name) + die("empty ident %s <%s> not allowed", name, email); + } strcpy(date, git_default_date); if (date_str) @@ -187,16 +202,18 @@ static const char *get_ident(const char *name, const char *email, return buffer; } -const char *git_author_info(void) +const char *git_author_info(int error_on_no_name) { return get_ident(getenv("GIT_AUTHOR_NAME"), getenv("GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL"), - getenv("GIT_AUTHOR_DATE")); + getenv("GIT_AUTHOR_DATE"), + error_on_no_name); } -const char *git_committer_info(void) +const char *git_committer_info(int error_on_no_name) { return get_ident(getenv("GIT_COMMITTER_NAME"), getenv("GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL"), - getenv("GIT_COMMITTER_DATE")); + getenv("GIT_COMMITTER_DATE"), + error_on_no_name); } |