name: git-commit-identity description: Before git commit or push, ensure user.name and user.email match the repository maintainer. Use when git says committer identity unknown, when setting up a clone, or before any automated commit to TV-Safari or its wiki.

Git commit identity skill

When to use

• Before git commit, git merge (with commit), or git filter-branch follow-up.
• When Git prints Committer identity unknown or Please tell me who you are.
• Before pushing to roto31/TV-Safari or TV-Safari.wiki.git.

Checklist

1. Read current identity (repo-local preferred):

   • git config user.name / git config user.email
   • git config --local --list | grep user
     If unset, check git log -1 --format='%an <%ae>' on origin/main for the canonical maintainer pair.

2. For this repository (TV Safari / roto31)
   If the maintainer is roto31 and no other instruction was given, set:

   • git config user.name "roto31"
   • git config user.email "47955141+roto31@users.noreply.github.com"
     Use --local inside the clone so it does not affect other projects.

3. Do not

   • Use Chris, chris@…, or another person’s GitHub handle as a default.
   • Rely on auto-detected hostname emails for serious repos without maintainer confirmation.

4. After mistaken pushes
   See LESSONS_LEARNED.md §29: filter-branch / filter-repo, force-push, wiki parity, collaborator reset.

Reference

• Narrative: LESSONS_LEARNED.md §29.
• Rule: .cursor/rules/git-commit-identity.mdc.