Fission-AI/OpenSpec · error · StoreError

store_git_identity_missing

store_git_identity_missing

Error message

No usable Git commit identity is configured, so setup cannot create the initial store commit.

What it means

Error "No usable Git commit identity is configured, so setup cannot create the initial store commit." thrown in Fission-AI/OpenSpec.

Source

Thrown at src/core/store/git.ts:77

 * auto-detection), so this fails precisely when the initial commit would.
 */
export async function assertGitCommitIdentity(probeCwd: string): Promise<void> {
  for (const identVar of ['GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT', 'GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT']) {
    try {
      await execFileAsync('git', ['var', identVar], { cwd: probeCwd });
    } catch (error) {
      if (isSpawnNotFoundError(error)) {
        throw new StoreError(
          'Git is not available, so setup cannot create the initial store commit.',
          'store_git_init_failed',
          {
            target: 'store.git',
            fix: 'Install Git or rerun setup with --no-init-git.',
          }
        );
      }

      throw new StoreError(
        'No usable Git commit identity is configured, so setup cannot create the initial store commit.',
        'store_git_identity_missing',
        {
          target: 'store.git',
          fix: 'Run git config --global user.name "Your Name" and git config --global user.email "you@example.com", or rerun setup with --no-init-git.',
        }
      );
    }
  }
}

/**
 * Index-preserving initial commit: the pathspec on `git commit` keeps files
 * the user had already staged out of setup's commit and leaves them staged.
 * Pathspecs may be files or directories.
 */
export async function commitStoreFiles(
  storeRoot: string,

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/core/store/git.ts:77 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of Fission-AI/OpenSpec@6926ccb18a (2026-08-25). Data as JSON: /api/errors/667cf7ee85ce9ef0. Report an issue: GitHub.