/*
* Copy the rest to the buffer, but avoid the special
- * characters '\n' '<' and '>' that act as delimeters on
+ * characters '\n' '<' and '>' that act as delimiters on
* a identification line
*/
for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
name = git_default_name;
if (!email)
email = git_default_email;
+
+ if (!*name || !*email)
+ die("empty ident %s <%s> not allowed",
+ name, email);
+
strcpy(date, git_default_date);
if (date_str)
parse_date(date_str, date, sizeof(date));