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
  ...

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diff --git a/receive-pack.c b/receive-pack.c
index e76d9aea31..5e5510bc3d 100644
--- a/receive-pack.c
+++ b/receive-pack.c
@@ -420,6 +420,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		die("'%s': unable to chdir or not a git archive", dir);
 
 	setup_ident();
+	/* don't die if gecos is empty */
+	ignore_missing_committer_name();
 	git_config(receive_pack_config);
 
 	write_head_info();