# Repo tool requires git identity to be set

**URL:** <https://hub.mender.io/t/repo-tool-requires-git-identity-to-be-set/932>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [March 25, 2019, 12:59pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/repo-tool-requires-git-identity-to-be-set/932 "2019-03-25T12:59:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![andrew\_wilcox](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/andrew_wilcox/32/165_2.png) [@andrew\_wilcox](https://hub.mender.io/u/andrew_wilcox)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2019, 12:59pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/repo-tool-requires-git-identity-to-be-set/932/1 "2019-03-25T12:59:01Z")

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Note that `repo init` requires your git identity to be set, e.g.:

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

```

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**Author:** ![MarekBelisko](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/marekbelisko/32/33_2.png) [@MarekBelisko](https://hub.mender.io/u/MarekBelisko)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2019, 1:18pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/repo-tool-requires-git-identity-to-be-set/932/2 "2019-03-25T13:18:41Z")

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Yes this is true. But if it’s not set then it only print some warning. @mirzak maybe we should update general template with this prerequisites

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**Author:** ![mirzak](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/mirzak/32/2056_2.png) [@mirzak](https://hub.mender.io/u/mirzak)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2019, 1:19pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/repo-tool-requires-git-identity-to-be-set/932/3 "2019-03-25T13:19:40Z")

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Updated, [https://hub.mender.io/t/google-repo](https://hub.mender.io/t/google-repo)

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**Author:** ![mirzak](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/mirzak/32/2056_2.png) [@mirzak](https://hub.mender.io/u/mirzak)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2019, 2:03pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/repo-tool-requires-git-identity-to-be-set/932/4 "2019-03-25T14:03:00Z")

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And thank you @andrew_wilcox for reporting