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[Luther Bell]

Why does the terminal ask who I am whenever I try to commit something onto my repository ?

[Kaushik Veluru · Accepted solution]

I believe your local git config is not set. 
You have to set up your name and email ID so that it will know who is pushing the commit. 

Check this: https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-First-Time-Git-Setup

[Luther Bell]

Thank you so much! it worked