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fix: detect missing git identity and show actionable error in setup #219

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fix: show helpful error when git identity is not configured (#178)
kaixinbaba Mar 13, 2026
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33 changes: 29 additions & 4 deletions setup/setup.mjs
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Expand Up @@ -146,13 +146,24 @@ async function main() {
}

// Set git identity from GitHub if not configured
try { execSync('git config user.name', { stdio: 'ignore' }); } catch {
try {
execSync('git config user.name', { stdio: 'ignore' });
execSync('git config user.email', { stdio: 'ignore' });
} catch {
try {
const ghUser = JSON.parse(execSync('gh api user', { encoding: 'utf-8', env: ghEnv() }));
execSync(`git config --global user.name "${ghUser.name || ghUser.login}"`, { stdio: 'ignore' });
execSync(`git config --global user.email "${ghUser.login}@users.noreply.github.com"`, { stdio: 'ignore' });
clack.log.success('Git identity set from GitHub');
} catch {}
} catch {
clack.log.error(
'Could not set git identity automatically. Git requires your name and email to make commits.\n' +
'Please run the following commands and re-run setup:\n\n' +
' git config --global user.name "Your Name"\n' +
' git config --global user.email "you@example.com"'
);
process.exit(1);
}
}

if (prereqs.git.remoteInfo) {
Expand All @@ -170,8 +181,22 @@ async function main() {
} catch {
const commitSpinner = clack.spinner();
commitSpinner.start('Creating initial commit...');
execSync('git commit -m "initial commit [skip ci]"', { stdio: 'ignore' });
commitSpinner.stop('Created initial commit');
try {
execSync('git commit -m "initial commit [skip ci]"', { stdio: 'ignore' });
commitSpinner.stop('Created initial commit');
} catch (err) {
commitSpinner.stop('Failed to create initial commit');
const errMsg = err.toString();
if (errMsg.includes('Author identity unknown') || errMsg.includes('unable to auto-detect email')) {
clack.log.error(
'Git identity not configured. Run:\n' +
' git config --global user.email "you@example.com"\n' +
' git config --global user.name "Your Name"'
);
process.exit(1);
}
throw err;
}
}

// Ask for project name
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