git fatal unable to auto-detect email address

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I just cannot commit with git on Ubuntu 14 04  Error message is      git  fatal unable to auto-detect email address  got  some wrong email     I tried git-config with and without the --global option setting user name and user mail but nothing works

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1st Step   Go for the workstation In my case - gt  cd  c Users rashni MyWS WSpace 2nd Step   create a folder In my case - gt  mkdir config 3rd step   use command In my case - gt  git config --global user name  quot rashni quot  In my case - gt  git config --global user email rashni abc com 4th step   To check all configuration optional  In my case - gt  git config --list

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fatal  unable to auto-detect email address  got  jsiddharth TheDEN  none      I ran the following   git config --global user email  myemailid domain com  git config --global user name  my name  repo init -u https    lt domainname gt  platform manifest

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Had similar problem  I m fairly new so take this with a grain of salt but I needed to go up a directory first  set the username  then go back down to git repository  cd        git config --global user email  quot your address email domain com quot  git config --global user name  quot your name quot  cd  lt your repository folder gt   Hope this helps anyone else that gets stuck

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Probably a typo mistake  set user mail with no e  Fix it by setting user email in the Global Configuration with    git config --global user email  you example com    Already been asked  Why Git is not allowing me to commit even after configuration   To be sure Run     git config --local -l

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Problem solved after I run those commands with sudo

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if you face this problem to type in your git bash  git config --global user name yourname  git config --global user email youremail  if problem this cmds please try those cmds vica versa

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I m running Ubuntu through Windows Subsystem for Linux and had properly set my credentials through Git Bash  including in VS Code s terminal  where I was getting the error every time I tried to commit    Apparently even tho VS is using Bash in the terminal  the UI git controls still run through Windows  where I had not set my credentials   Setting the credentials in Windows Powershell fixed the issue

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Make sure you should be in your home directory not in local directory  while setting your username and e-mail ID   git config --global user email  you domain com  git config --global user name  github username    Then follow the procedure on GitHub

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I get this error when running git stash  Fixed with   git config --global user email  emailaddress  git config --global user name  name

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I had this problem yesterday  Before in the my solution  chek this settings   git config --global user email  your address email domain com  git config --global user name  your name    Where  user  is the user of the laptop    Example  dias dias-hp-pavilion  git config --global dias email      So  confirm the informations add  doing   dias dias-hp-pavilion  home dias  git config --global dias email my address email domain com dias dias-hp-pavilion  home dias  git config --global dias name my name   or  nano  home user name  gitconfig   and check this informations   Doing it and the error persists  try another Git IDE  GUI Clients   I used git-cola and this error appeared  so I changed of IDE  and currently I use the CollabNet GitEye  Try you also   I hope have helped

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I met the same question just now my problem lies in the ignorance of blank behind the  user email  and  your address mail domain com     git config --global user email  your address email domain com    I hope it will help you

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Steps to solve this problem note  This problem mainly occurs due to which we haven t assigned our user name and email id in git so what we gonna do is assigning it in git  Open git that you have installed  Now we have to assign our user name and email id  Just type git config --user name  lt your name gt  and click enter  you can mention or type any name you want   Similarly type git config --user email  lt xyx gmail com gt   and click enter  you have to type your primary mail id   And that s it  Have a Good Day

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For Visual Studio users   Open Visual Studio Click on Git menu  gt  Source Control  gt  Git Repository Settings  gt  General Set the  User name  and  Email  Click  OK

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If git config --global user email  you domain com  git config --global user name  github username   Dont work like in my case  you can use   git config --replace-all user email  you domain com  git config --replace-all user name  github username

[git-config] git: fatal unable to auto-detect email address

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