Description logic.cpp 2011-05-05 17:37:56 EDT

Build Identifier: 20110218-0911

I made myself a portable development environment on a USB drive, consisting of Eclipse + xampp + my project files.


What I did:
Installed Egit > created repository for project from within Eclipse > added files > Team Commit > Initial commit dialog asks for name/email, I enter the info.


What I expect:
- The ensuing Commit Dialog should show the name and email that I entered appear in the author/committer fields.
- I should be able to allocate the default .gitconfig file wherever i'd like, and to change default .gitconfig location if necessary.


What went wrong:
- The name and email that I entered does not appear in the author/committer fields. Rather, my <windows user name> and <windows user name>@<windows localhost name> appear as the name/email in those fields.
- In Eclipse preferences > Team > Git > Configuration > User Setting AND System Setting tabs, The "Location" field for default .gitconfig is greyed out, not changeable. User Setting tab shows "C:\cvs_home\.gitconfig" and System Setting tab shows "Unknown"

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Additional Notes:
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1. I have limited permissions on this computer I was using.
2. Here is some Eclipse error log:

- When entering my name/email in the initial commit dialog:

java.io.IOException: Creating directories for c:\cvs_home failed
	at org.eclipse.jgit.util.FileUtils.mkdirs(FileUtils.java:219)
	at org.eclipse.jgit.storage.file.LockFile.lock(LockFile.java:126)
	at org.eclipse.jgit.storage.file.FileBasedConfig.save(FileBasedConfig.java:174)
...

- when trying to edit Eclipse preferences > Team > Git > Configuration > User Setting AND System Setting tabs

java.io.IOException: Creating directories for c:\cvs_home failed
	at org.eclipse.jgit.util.FileUtils.mkdirs(FileUtils.java:219)
	at org.eclipse.jgit.storage.file.LockFile.lock(LockFile.java:126)
	at org.eclipse.jgit.storage.file.FileBasedConfig.save(FileBasedConfig.java:174)

java.lang.NullPointerException
	at org.eclipse.jgit.storage.file.LockFile.<init>(LockFile.java:112)
	at org.eclipse.jgit.storage.file.FileBasedConfig.save(FileBasedConfig.java:173)
...

- other

Error occurred computing diffs
java.lang.RuntimeException: java.io.IOException: Unknown repository format
	at org.eclipse.jgit.storage.file.FileRepository.getConfig(FileRepository.java:323)
	at org.eclipse.jgit.storage.file.FileRepository.getConfig(FileRepository.java:97)
	at org.eclipse.egit.core.ContainerTreeIterator.<init>(ContainerTreeIterator.java:86)
...


3. I tried editing the .git/config file but also having problems there;
[core]
	repositoryformatversion = 0
	filemode = false
	logallrefupdates = true
	autocrlf = false
[user]
	email = "myemail@myhost.com"
	name = "myName"

Only the first value in the [user] section (in the above example, the email) works, the subsequent values (in the above example name) don't seem to work, the <windows user name> shows up instead.
Vice versa if i put first name then email, the name works but <windows user name>@<windows localhost name> appears as the email.


Workaround:
Have to manually correct the name/email at every commit... :(

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
What I did:
1. Extracted Eclipse onto USB drive
2. Opened Eclipse > Updated Eclipse > Installed Egit > created repository for project from within Eclipse > added files > Team Commit > Initial commit dialog asks for name/email
3. I enter the info and Clicked ok