Sync changes to local git config with user Che git config

[vinokurig]

Describe the bug

Git commit command requires committer name and email in the git config. Each time when the workspace restarts, git commit asks for committer name and email, even if it was set before restart.

Che version

• latest
• nightly
• other: please specify

Steps to reproduce

1. Set Git committer name and email:

git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
git config --global user.name "Your Name"

2. Perform git commit from terminal or from the SCM Tab => committed successfully.
3. Restart workspace
4. Perform git commit.
   WRONG Error occurs:

*** Please tell me who you are.

Run

  git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
  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 <[email protected]>) not allowed

Expected behavior

Git commit should be successful, if the user data is set once.

Runtime

• kubernetes (include output of kubectl version)
• Openshift (include output of oc version)
• minikube (include output of minikube version and kubectl version)
• minishift (include output of minishift version and oc version)
• docker-desktop + K8S (include output of docker version and kubectl version)
• other: (please specify)

Screenshots

Installation method

• chectl
• che-operator
• minishift-addon
• I don't know

Environment

• my computer
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • macOS
• Cloud
  • Amazon
  • Azure
  • GCE
  • other (please specify)
• other: please specify

Additional context

[l0rd]

@vinokurig this looks like a duplicate of #13874. Please re-open if you think that's not the case.

[vzhukovs]

Reopen this issue, because it doesn't duplicate #13874. This issue needs to find the way to store ~/.gitconfig, when workspace restarts.

[nickboldt]

I see this was added to 7.1 then moved to 7.x. Maybe we split the difference and set it to 7.2 or 7.3?

[l0rd]

@vzhukovskii what I understand is:

• Preconfigure git user information from Che user's profile/preferences #13874 is about adding git config to the user preferences and use it to generate workspaces git config
• Sync changes to local git config with user Che git config #13959 (this issue) is about syncing eventual manual changes of a user in the git config of a workspace with the user preferences

So #13874 is a pre-requisite of this issue and even a P1. While this issue for me is not a major issue and I would keep 7.x

[vzhukovs]

@l0rd yes, you're right, #13874 has higher priority.