$ 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