astral-sh/uv · error

No author information found

Error message

No author information found

What it means

Error "No author information found" thrown in astral-sh/uv.

Source

Thrown at crates/uv/src/commands/project/init.rs:1324

    let output = git
        .build_command()
        .arg("config")
        .arg("--get")
        .arg("user.email")
        .current_dir(path)
        .stdout(Stdio::piped())
        .stderr(Stdio::null())
        .output()?;
    if output.status.success() {
        email = Some(String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout).trim().to_string());
    }

    let author = match (name, email) {
        (Some(name), Some(email)) => Author::NameEmail { name, email },
        (Some(name), None) => Author::Name(name),
        (None, Some(email)) => Author::Email(email),
        (None, None) => anyhow::bail!("No author information found"),
    };

    Ok(author)
}

#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
    use super::*;

    #[test]
    fn author_to_toml_string_handles_inline_quotes() {
        let author = Author::NameEmail {
            name: "Tony \"Iron Man\" Stark".to_string(),
            email: "ironman@example.com".to_string(),
        };

        assert_eq!(
            author.to_toml_string(),

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at crates/uv/src/commands/project/init.rs:1324 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of astral-sh/uv@f1a42680ff (2026-08-16). Data as JSON: /api/errors/0c986f93b9e0e61c. Report an issue: GitHub.