{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/libgit2/libgit2sharp/issues/1163","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/libgit2/libgit2sharp/issues/1163/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/libgit2/libgit2sharp/issues/1163/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/libgit2/libgit2sharp/issues/1163/events","html_url":"https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2sharp/issues/1163","id":99484374,"number":1163,"title":"Commit Not working: LibGit2Sharp.LibGit2SharpException: Configuration value 'user.name' is missing or invalid","user":{"login":"kunjan13","id":5802163,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5802163?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/kunjan13","html_url":"https://github.com/kunjan13","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kunjan13/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kunjan13/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kunjan13/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kunjan13/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kunjan13/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kunjan13/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kunjan13/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kunjan13/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kunjan13/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":5,"created_at":"2015-08-06T17:14:49Z","updated_at":"2015-08-16T23:23:36Z","closed_at":null,"body":"I am able to clone the repository, also able to checkout my branch.\r\nhowever when it tries to commit the changes it throws this exception:\r\nLibGit2Sharp.LibGit2SharpException: Configuration value 'user.name' is missing or invalid\r\n\r\nI thought missing signature was an issue, but after providing it, still the same issue.\r\n\r\nPS: the same codes work perfectly fine in my local machine, and only throws this exception when on server.\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/libgit2/libgit2sharp/issues/comments/131639467","html_url":"https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2sharp/issues/1163#issuecomment-131639467","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/libgit2/libgit2sharp/issues/1163","id":131639467,"user":{"login":"ckuhn203","id":2716800,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2716800?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/ckuhn203","html_url":"https://github.com/ckuhn203","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ckuhn203/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ckuhn203/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ckuhn203/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ckuhn203/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ckuhn203/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ckuhn203/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ckuhn203/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ckuhn203/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ckuhn203/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-08-16T23:23:36Z","updated_at":"2015-08-16T23:23:36Z","body":"@carlosmn I understand that. I'm just trying to call out and understand what looks like inconsistent behavior to me. As a consumer of the API, I find it odd that `BuildSignature` does not throw an exception by default, but `Commit` does. "}}