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when i write git commit -m "Complete chapter 1" it is not working

cd Desktop
mkdir Story
cd Story
touch chapter1.txt
atom .
git init
git add chapter1.txt
git status
git commit -m "complete chapter 1"

It show me this error message:

***Please tell me who you are.

Run

  git config --global user.email "you@example.com"
  git config --global user.name "Your Name"

to set your account's default identity.

Omit --global to set the identity only in this repository.

fatal: unable to auto-detect email address (got 'Hi@DESKTOP-EL5QS59.(none)')

Solution

  • git needs to know the info of the user who's committing the changes. This message shows that you have not configured your details in git.

    As @Amadan mentioned, it is telling you everything in the error. You just need to run the following two commands:

    git config --global user.email "you@example.com"
git config --global user.name "Your Name"

    Replace your@example.com with your email and Your Name with your name and run these commands. You will be able to commit the changes.

    For more details you can visit the guides by GitHub: