setup-git-user

March 4, 2023 · View on GitHub

GitHub Action that sets git user and email to enable committing

If you try to use git commit or git tag on GitHub Actions, it will throw an error:

Please tell me who you are. Run git config to set your account's default identity

This action is a convenience action which sets the user and email in one line.

Usage

    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - uses: fregante/setup-git-user@v2
      - run: git commit --message 'Something cool'
      - run: git push

New commits and tags will be assigned to the @actions user. If you want to customize the user, you don't need this action. Just use:

    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - run: git config --global user.email "you@example.com"
      - run: git config --global user.name "Your Name"
      - run: git commit --message 'Something cool'
      - run: git push