Merge branch 'jc/test-clone' into jc/clone

* jc/test-clone: (35 commits)
  Introduce GIT_TEMPLATE_DIR
  Revert "fix testsuite: make sure they use templates freshly built from the source"
  fix testsuite: make sure they use templates freshly built from the source
  rerere: fix breakage of resolving.
  Add config example with respect to branch
  Add documentation for show-branch --topics
  make git a bit less cryptic on fetch errors
  make patch_delta() error cases a bit more verbose
  racy-git: documentation updates.
  show-ref: fix --exclude-existing
  parse-remote::expand_refs_wildcard()
  vim syntax: follow recent changes to commit template
  show-ref: fix --verify --hash=length
  show-ref: fix --quiet --verify
  avoid accessing _all_ loose refs in git-show-ref --verify
  git-fetch: Avoid reading packed refs over and over again
  Teach show-branch how to show ref-log data.
  markup fix in svnimport documentation.
  Documentation: new option -P for git-svnimport
  Fix mis-mark-up in git-merge-file.txt documentation
  ...

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/ident.c b/ident.c
index e415fd3588..d7faba6a70 100644
--- a/ident.c
+++ b/ident.c
@@ -221,3 +221,18 @@ const char *git_committer_info(int error_on_no_name)
 			 getenv("GIT_COMMITTER_DATE"),
 			 error_on_no_name);
 }
+
+void ignore_missing_committer_name()
+{
+	/* If we did not get a name from the user's gecos entry then
+	 * git_default_name is empty; so instead load the username
+	 * into it as a 'good enough for now' approximation of who
+	 * this user is.
+	 */
+	if (!*git_default_name) {
+		struct passwd *pw = getpwuid(getuid());
+		if (!pw)
+			die("You don't exist. Go away!");
+		strlcpy(git_default_name, pw->pw_name, sizeof(git_default_name));
+	}
+}