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

Question

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)')

Possible duplicate of [Git: "please tell me who you are" error](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11656761/git-please-tell-me-who-you-are-error) — phd, Jul 23 '19 at 12:47
https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=%5Bgit%5D+Please+tell+me+who+you+are — phd, Jul 23 '19 at 12:47

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 23 '19 at 05:53

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:

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 23 '19 at 07:10

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You need to run the following commands for a single time.

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

 git config --list    # see if the 'name' & 'email' are set correctly

answered Jul 23 '19 at 07:10

hossein vatankhah

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Thanks all of you for your valuable time. Now the command is working according to your direction. – Mahadi Hasan Jul 23 '19 at 08:26
This is copy of above answer by @Saqib – Zohaib Amir Jul 23 '19 at 10:59

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

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