How to update.

gripworks

I have never had an issue updating until tonight. I got the following message back and am not sure how to proceed.


pi@magicmirror:~/MagicMirror $ git pull

*** 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: empty ident name (for ) not allowed

I’m sure it’s something stupid I don’t understand ,(not super knowledgeable about linux). I have tried entering various credentials in various ways but my lack of understanding the correct syntax seems to be my undoing.

Thanks in advance.

Snille

@gripworks this usually happens when you have cloned the repository with ssh instead of https.
At least that’s what I have figured out works. :)

If you just do the suggested commands it’s all solved.
It’s github that wants to know who you are. :)

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

gripworks

Thank you, That worked. I appreciate the help.

dam4

@Snille
I am new to Linex and I have copied your script exactly and I get the following error.
-bash: update.sh: command not found

I called the script update.sh and I was going to use it in a cron job after I tested it to make sure it worked. Can you tell me what I might have done wrong. Thank you in advance for your help.

izanbard

@dam4 It is likely that two things are wrong.

First the script needs to be executable so please run:

$ chmod u+x update.sh

this will add execute permissions for the file owner to the file. Have a look at man chmod for more detail.

The next thing is to make sure that Linux knows where to look for it. This can be quite a complicated subject involving descriptions of the $PATH environment variable and all sorts. But the easy way to do it is to add a relative or absolute path to the start of the command. So from the command prompt in the folder where the script exists try:

$ ./update.sh

where the . means “this folder”. For the cron tab through you might want to use the full path something like:

0 2 * * * /full/path/to/file/update.sh

Hope at least some of that is meaningful for you.

dam4

@izanbard
Thank you. I did the chmod to make it executable but using the ./update.sh worked. Thank you again for your help.

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