Incorrect Git user name and email on Windows

Question

I use Git on Windows and set the username and email with:

git config --global user.name "hydRAnger"
git config --global user.email "[email protected]"

When I use:

git config --global --list

I get the output:

user.name=hydRAnger
[email protected]

However, when I use git log the author info should be:

Author: hydRAnger <[email protected]>

But in fact I get the output:

Author: unknown <hydRAnger@hydRAnger-PC.(none)>

I don't know why the author information incorect.

score 6 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:22

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Setting the user.name and user.email config options does not change already existing commits. It will only work for future commits.

If you also want to rewrite existing commits to use the new user data check out this question:

edited May 23 '17 at 12:22

Community

answered Jan 29 '12 at 14:45

Koraktor

See also [Is there a way to override a git author's display name](http://stackoverflow.com/q/8878615/11343) for an alternative way to do this – CharlesB Jan 30 '12 at 13:02

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 29 '12 at 14:20

3

Did you reset the author on your commit after updating your details?

git commit --amend --reset-author

(This will bring up the commit message again - you can just leave it intact)

answered Jan 29 '12 at 14:20

James M

thanks, but when I use:git commit --amend --reset-author I got: error: Terminal is dumb, but EDITOR unset Please supply the message using either -m or -F option. – hydRAnger Jan 29 '12 at 14:29
2

Sounds like you are using a regular cmd.exe shell instead of the msysgit bash – ThiefMaster Jan 29 '12 at 14:47
1

Try `git commit --amend --reset-author -m ""` – James M Jan 29 '12 at 14:48

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