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Invalid Email addrss - Hg git

Why do I get "Invalid Email Address" when commiting to GitHub through TortoiseHg Hg-git plugin? The push works fine, however the email address is invalid.

I have tried many "solutions":

Add this to hgrc:

[ui]
username = Xybrek <xybrek@myemail.com>

And also adding this to the global TortoiseHg mercurial.ini

I also have tried adding authors.txt in my project's path

Then add this line in the hgrc

[git]
authors = authors.txt
Solution

  • authors.txt should be located in the root of the repository.

    Don't forget to clear a cached git repo:

    $ hg gclear