1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/buildhistory.bbclass b/meta/classes/buildhistory.bbclass
index 211dcf18b5..777aabc55d 100644
--- a/meta/classes/buildhistory.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/buildhistory.bbclass
@@ -581,6 +581,15 @@ END
                         git tag -f build-minus-2 build-minus-1 > /dev/null 2>&1 || true
                         git tag -f build-minus-1 > /dev/null 2>&1 || true
                 fi
+                # If the user hasn't set up their name/email, set some defaults
+                # just for this repo (otherwise the commit will fail with older
+                # versions of git)
+                if ! git config user.email > /dev/null ; then
+                        git config --local user.email "buildhistory@${DISTRO}"
+                fi
+                if ! git config user.name > /dev/null ; then
+                        git config --local user.name "buildhistory"
+                fi
                 # Check if there are new/changed files to commit (other than metadata-revs)
                 repostatus=`git status --porcelain | grep -v " metadata-revs$"`
                 HOSTNAME=`hostname 2>/dev/null || echo unknown`