Backport action fails with "Author identity unknown"

[sarod]

Hi,

I followed the README instructions but when I run the action it fails with the following result:

{
   "targetBranch": "xx",
   "status": "unhandled-error",
   "error": {
     "name": "SpawnError",
     "context": {
       "cmdArgs": [
         "commit",
         "--no-edit",
         "--no-verify"
       ],
       "code": 128,
       "stderr": "Author identity unknown\n\n*** Please tell me who you are.\n\nRun\n\n  git config --global user.email \"you@example.com\"\n  git config --global user.name \"Your Name\"\n\nto set your account's default identity.\nOmit --global to set the identity only in this repository.\n\nfatal: empty ident name (for <runner@fv-az135-893.uqcy5m2vj4pengxy1oencsd1xf.phxx.internal.cloudapp.net>) not allowed\n",
       "stdout": ""
     }
   }
 }

It looks like the action does not set the git identity when it creates the commits. Is there some additional configuration needed?

[sorenlouv]

Interesting. The author is explicitly set when cherry-picking:
https://github.com/sqren/backport/blob/571d44102a6083f5cc97a285dae2ce19f2329342/src/lib/git.ts#L297-L309

But it looks like the author is not specified when committing:
https://github.com/sqren/backport/blob/d4016a7c861f51c6146186d8997e8f4c8250a855/src/lib/git.ts#L370-L378

I'll try to have a fix up within the next couple of days for you to try.

[sorenlouv]

This was released in v8.4.3. Please upgrade when you have time and let me know how it goes.

[sarod]

The fix works fine. Thanks