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Development Tools Git Basics Getting Started With Git Committing Changes

rtprjct
rtprjct
30,548 Points
Posted by rtprjct
rtprjct
30,548 Points

Cannot Commit readme file. "unable to auto-detect email address"

Cannot commit the readme file in this stage. I type "git commit" and then it shoots out all in one go the following:

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 'artie1991@AlexArtlettPC.(none)')
  • I am using windows 8
  • did I stuff up the setting your email part up? (I set my gmail email address to try and get ssh key for the php laravel project.)

what do I need to do to rectify this?

1 Answer

Nick Ocampo
Nick Ocampo
15,661 Points

Try adding your email again following these steps https://help.github.com/articles/setting-your-email-in-git