Reputation: 971

Unable to auto-detect email address

I'm new to SmartGit. I can't commit through my repository, the message I'm receiving is:

Unable to auto-detect email address (got 'Arreane@Arreane-PC.(none)')

*** 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

I'm using a different PC, but if I commit at home it commits and pushes perfectly, I don't know if this was the cause of the problem.

I've searched around and others say to edit the .git/config file, but I cannot find this file.

What am I missing?

Upvotes: 83

Answers (17)

Thomas S.

Reputation: 6345

In SmartGit, open the preferences, page Git Config, and provide your email and name there.

Upvotes: 0

ahmetunalunlu

Reputation: 1

I just installed VSCode on another computer and, I got the same error as yours.

You have to install the GitHub extension and log in to your account on the VSCode.enter image description here

Upvotes: -1

Moisés Valles

Reputation: 58

Be sure to open the cmd and not a comment line on the folder you are working on!

For windows I fixed it by opening the cmd from the windows start menu (the windows button) instead of using the command line on the folder that I was I tried

Upvotes: -1

Damilola Abioye

Reputation: 311

Ran the sample of these commands:

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

git config --global user.name "focus1"

Footnote:

[email protected] === email address used to login to your github account.

focus === your github username

Upvotes: 1

Rupesh Shitole

Reputation: 31

open your git command line

put

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

this command on command line and change email address put your own email which those use creating accout for github

hit enter

put git config --global user.name "Your Name"

use your own name insted of your name

hit enter

its work...

Upvotes: 0

user13632722

Reputation: 19

Put your computer's username

git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
git config --global user.name "YOUR COMPUTER\'S USERNAME"

Upvotes: 1

Suraj Verma

Reputation: 453

Try the following steps,

Open command prompt and then run
git config --global user.email "[email protected]" // put your email address press enter
git config --global user.name "YOUR NAME" // put your name

Upvotes: 6

allan

Reputation: 131

In case you're using git, use the right email address you used for github registration and then your computer name. this worked for me.

Upvotes: 0

Taofeek Olalekan

Reputation: 1

git config --global user.email "put your email address here" # user.email will still be there  
git config --global user.name "put your github username here" # user.name will still be there

Note: it might prompt you to enter your git username and password. This works fine for me.

Upvotes: -1

Michael Harvey

Reputation: 1

Make sure that you opened git as admin or root.

Upvotes: -4

Jun Young Ahn

Reputation: 119

Just type like "correct" case

"wrong"

git config --global mike.email "[email protected]"
git config --global mike.name  "mike"

"correct"

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

user.name is your account name in git-hub user.email is your email when you sign in git-hub.

Upvotes: 11

Aashutosh Taikar

Reputation: 155

it's pretty simple but tricky at the first time.
For example:
If my email is [email protected] type:

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

If my username is mrsuicidesheep type:

git config user.name mrsuicidesheep

Upvotes: 2

Bryan Jiencke

Reputation: 130

With SmartGit, you can also edit them by going to Project > Repository settings and hitting the "Commit" tab (make sure to have "Remember as default" selected).

Upvotes: 1

Shawn Azdam

Reputation: 6170

You can solve the problem with the global solution, but firstly I want to describe the solution for each project individually, cause of trustfully compatibility with most of Git clients and other implemented Git environments:

Individual Solution

Go to the following location:

Local/repo/location/.git/

open "config" file there, and set your parameters like the example (add to the end of the file):

[user]
    name = YOUR-NAME
    email = YOUR-EMAIL-ADDRESS

Global Solution

Open a command line and type:

git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
git config --global user.name "YOUR NAME"

Upvotes: 22

Santosh

Reputation: 56

This problem has very simple solution. Just open your SmartGit, then go to Repository option(On top left), then go to settings. It will open a dialog box of Repository Settings. Now, click on Commit TAB and write your UserName and EmailId which you give on BitBucke website. Now click ok and again try to Commit and it works fine now.

Upvotes: 2

DoronK

Reputation: 4837

If you are using sourcetree: Repository -> Repository Settings --> Advanced --> uncheck "Use global user settings" box

worked great for me.

Upvotes: 23

michas

Reputation: 26555

Well, the message is pretty much self-explanatory. You did not tell git what your name and email address is.

Open a command line and type:

git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
git config --global user.name "Your Name"

Of course you should enter your real name and email. Afterwards git knows who you are and is able to insert this information in your commits.

Seems like smartgit does not add the git binary to your path. You have to add its path to the PATH environment variable or first change to the corresponding directory. You can find a screencast here: http://blog.dragndream.com/?p=97

Upvotes: 104

Unable to auto-detect email address

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