#623416 fatal: empty ident <> not allowed

Package:
git
Source:
git
Description:
fast, scalable, distributed revision control system
Submitter:
Josh Triplett
Date:
2011-12-16 14:21:13 UTC
Severity:
normal
#623416#3
Date:
2011-04-20 00:54:08 UTC
From:
To:
$ GIT_AUTHOR_NAME= GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL= GIT_AUTHOR_DATE='0 +0000' git commit-tree 4a5c74df53b5349189f6f9153fe28565aef84108 < /dev/null
fatal: empty ident  <> not allowed


No, really, I want to write a commit with no author information. :) This
represented a fake manufactured commit as part of an internal mechanism,
and I want it to always produce the same results, without having to pass
some fake address at example.org.

- Josh Triplett