git commit in vsts build through powershell does not work

Question

I am trying to push a test file during a ci build on vsts. However, it seems that the commit command does not work.

The screen capture you show doesn't seem to sync up very well with the commands in your script. I don't see anything wrong with what you did, so an error message is the only thing which might tip us off as to what the problem is. — Tim Biegeleisen, Aug 17 '18 at 14:01
You haven't configured git in that repo yet. So you can't commit namelessly. — tehhowch, Aug 17 '18 at 14:05
@TimBiegeleisen I just re-ran the build and made sure the task is saved.Same result, such error is out of the question now... — Igor, Aug 17 '18 at 14:09
@tehhowch you are right I have set the following: git config --global user.email "you@example.com" git config --global user.name "Your Name" And it worked If you will provide an answer, I will accept it. — Igor, Aug 17 '18 at 14:17
All I did was read the error message, which you were supposed to do ;) — tehhowch, Aug 17 '18 at 14:40
@tehhowch I assumed that if I can pull and push without a name configured. Why shouldn't commit work. Assumption is the mother of all ... — Igor, Aug 17 '18 at 20:53
@Igor there's a big difference between loading the work of others and creating work — tehhowch, Aug 17 '18 at 21:29

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 17 '18 at 20:57

As @tehhowch commented below the question. It is impossible to commit without your username/name configured for the local git configuration.

It can be solved as shown in the error message =), by using:

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

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