Fix earlier mismerges.

diff --git a/ident.c b/ident.c
index 23b8cfc600dfa7910d6b9afdfed8bcdf8b033781..7c81fe8d8bfc4c76324277dc7daa39c76ed12cd3 100644 (file)
--- a/ident.c
+++ b/ident.c
@@ -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);
 }