Bizarre Git Error

Question

So I get the

*** 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 'axmill@axmill-ThinkPad-T400.(none)')

error. But, I already entered my email and name.

EDIT: I was trying to make a commit, and it failed. But I had entered my email and name with the git config tool.

Git config output:

user.email=anchorfall551@gmail.com
user.name=Axmill

What's triggering this error? What are you trying to do? Please read http://stackoverflow.com/help/how-to-ask and update your question — Parker, Oct 23 '14 at 00:35
Please provide the output of `git config --global --get user.email` and `git config --global --get user.name`. — Sascha Wolf, Oct 23 '14 at 05:22

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:23

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You can check the content of your global config and local config with:

git config --global -l
git config --local -l

You should see at least in one of those entries like:

user.name=VonC
user.email=vonc@laposte.net

(no quotes)

Make sure you are using the right commands (like in this answer)

edited May 23 '17 at 12:23

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