From ec4e69c06af3ecc38b9660b924e460689653487f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sean <seanlkml@sympatico.ca>
Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 23:09:32 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Ensure author & committer before asking for commit message.

It's better to find out you need to fix your author and
committer information before you enter a long commit message.

Signed-off-by: Sean Estabrooks <seanlkml@sympatico.ca>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
---
 git-commit.sh | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/git-commit.sh b/git-commit.sh
index 26cd7ca54d..6ef1a9dedc 100755
--- a/git-commit.sh
+++ b/git-commit.sh
@@ -640,6 +640,8 @@ case "$no_edit" in
 		exit 1
 		;;
 	esac
+	git-var GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT > /dev/null  || die
+	git-var GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT > /dev/null  || die
 	${VISUAL:-${EDITOR:-vi}} "$GIT_DIR/COMMIT_EDITMSG"
 	;;
 esac
-- 
2.11.4.GIT