What does this error message mean?

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What does this error message mean?

From: Alan Chandler <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:42:19

alan@kanger usermgr[master]$ git commit -a
fatal: empty ident  [off-list ref] not allowed

Suddenly started happening, possibly after upgrade (via debian) to git 1.2.1



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Re: What does this error message mean?

From: Timo Hirvonen <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:42:19

On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 22:06:36 +0000
Alan Chandler [off-list ref] wrote:
alan@kanger usermgr[master]$ git commit -a
fatal: empty ident  [off-list ref] not allowed

Suddenly started happening, possibly after upgrade (via debian) to git 1.2.1
Your GIT_AUTHOR_NAME is empty?

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Re: What does this error message mean?

From: Alan Chandler <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:42:19

On Tuesday 21 February 2006 22:46, Timo Hirvonen wrote:
On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 22:06:36 +0000

Alan Chandler [off-list ref] wrote:
quoted
alan@kanger usermgr[master]$ git commit -a
fatal: empty ident  [off-list ref] not allowed

Suddenly started happening, possibly after upgrade (via debian) to git
1.2.1
Your GIT_AUTHOR_NAME is empty?
Yes - seems it was.

Although it has been like that for some months, whereas this is the first time 
git-commit failed.
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