`yadm config` doesn't appear to work about yadm HOT 3 CLOSED

This behavior is intended.

Most yadm users already have these options in a "global" Git configuration. Indeed, running the Git commands suggested by the "Tell me who you are" message would solve this problem by creating a "global" configuration.

The suggestion you made above creates these configurations local to the yadm repository. That can be done more simply using a yadm gitconfig command. However, a "global" config option is a better choice (particularly if the .gitconfig is managed by yadm because it will not have to be configured every time the repo is cloned.

The preferred solutions to your problem would be one of these:

1. Set "global" configuration options in ~/.gitconfig

   git config --global "user.email" "your-email@domain"
   git config --global "user.name"  "Your Name"
   

   or

   yadm gitconfig --global "user.email" "your-email@domain"
   yadm gitconfig --global "user.name"  "Your Name"
   

2. Set "repo-only" configuration options in the yadm repo

   yadm gitconfig "user.email" "your-email@domain"
   yadm gitconfig "user.name"  "Your Name"
   

The second option accomplishes the same result as your initial suggestion, although it is done using yadm gitconfig commands. Again, this second solution would need to be done each time you clone the repository.

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For others: I was able to circumvent the issue by doing the following:

cd ~/.yadm/repo.git
git config --local user.email [email protected]
git config --local user.name Bobby
cd -
yadm commit -am "Initializing"

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Thanks for bringing up a possibly confusing point for users. I will add some of this information to the online documentation.

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