Version control with git does not work without a set identity

[Bernard Schendstok]

I run Ubuntu 12.04 LTS with Zim 0.59 and git 1.8.1.1.

When using git as version control backend in Zim, I noticed that it does not work out of the box after installing the packages because you haven't set your identy in git yet.
After you save a version "File->Save Version..." and then check the versions "File->Versions...", you will get an error:
Failed to run application: git
git "commit" "-a" "-m" "Saved version from zim"
returned non-zero exit status 128

If you run "git status", you see that this is because the identity isn't set in git ( that can be set using the commands like "git config --global user.name <NAME>" and "git config --global user.email <EMAIL>" ).

Maybe Zim should check if the identity is set? Or maybe you should just mention this step in the manual for the use of version control? For people with experience with git this isn't a big deal, but people who haven't used it may not know how to solve it easily.

[Jaap Karssenberg (jaap.karssenberg)]

Will at least add it to the manual. Checking and prompting the user
for details would be perfect but requires a little more work.

Regards,

Jaap

[[e-mail] (neozvuck)]

>Will at least add it to the manual.

There is another thing for the manual.

After a clean install following the steps above I get the same error,

but "git status" says: fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git

[pisztrang (fox-qohfvj)]

It would be also nice to display stdout/stderr instead of the exit code.

[Mikhail Sviridov (sh2ka)]

Why you can't fix this? It's so simple. Just execute the following commands when you create a git repository using "git init":

git config user.name "zim"
git config user.email "<email address hidden>"

Or something like this. You can provide any credentials you want. Or provide ability to specify credentials in Version control plugin settings.