[JENKINS-46052] GIT: UserIdentity does not work on pipeline

A pipeline job with checkout configured as :

 

checkout ([poll: false,

scm: [$class: 'GitSCM',

branches: [[name: '$GERRIT_BRANCH']],

doGenerateSubmoduleConfigurations: false,

extensions: [[$class: 'WipeWorkspace'],

[$class: 'BuildChooserSetting',

buildChooser: [$class: 'GerritTriggerBuildChooser']],

[$class: 'UserIdentity',

email: 'jenkins@',

name: 'Jenkins (NICOS release job)']

],

gitTool: 'Default',

submoduleCfg: [],

userRemoteConfigs: [[credentialsId: 'XXXXX',

refspec: '$GERRIT_REFSPEC',

url: 'ssh:///$GERRIT_PROJECT']]

]

]

give the  following log output:

 [Pipeline] checkout

Wiping out workspace first.

Cloning the remote Git repository

Cloning repository ssh:///

 > /usr/bin/git init /home/jenkins/jobs/XXXX/workspace # timeout=10

Fetching upstream changes from ssh:///

 > /usr/bin/git --version # timeout=10

using GIT_SSH to set credentials XXXXX

 > /usr/bin/git fetch --tags --progress ssh:/// +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*

 > /usr/bin/git config remote.origin.url ssh:/// # timeout=10

 > /usr/bin/git config --add remote.origin.fetch +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/* # timeout=10

 > /usr/bin/git config remote.origin.url ssh:/// # timeout=10

Fetching upstream changes from ssh:///

using GIT_SSH to set credentials XXXXXXXXXX

 > /usr/bin/git fetch --tags --progress ssh:/// refs/heads/release-3.0

 > /usr/bin/git rev-parse FETCH_HEAD^{commit} # timeout=10

Checking out Revision eb56ef5e23cebf5ba496421b32fcd650c503402d ($GERRIT_BRANCH)

Commit message: "simulation: do not emit warning if quiet"

 > /usr/bin/git config core.sparsecheckout # timeout=10

 > /usr/bin/git checkout -f eb56ef5e23cebf5ba496421b32fcd650c503402d

 > /usr/bin/git rev-parse FETCH_HEAD^{commit} # timeout=10

 > /usr/bin/git rev-list cef586346270967a0435d76501053395197cf6a5 # timeout=10

[Pipeline] }

As you can see, the user.name/email are never set.

With docker.image.inside, this results in the following error later on:

*** Please tell me who you are.


Run

  git config --global user.email "you@​example.com"

  git config --global user.name "Your Name"

to set your account's default identity.

Omit --global to set the identity only in this repository.

fatal: empty ident name (for ) not allowed

Workaround: Add a sh step to configure the repo

                sh '''

                git config user.email "jenkins@"

                git config user.name "Jenkins (NICOS release job)"

                '''

 

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Originally reported by pedersen, imported from: GIT: UserIdentity does not work on pipeline

• status: Open
  
• priority: Minor
  
• component(s): git-plugin
  
• resolution: Unresolved
  
• votes: 2
  
• watchers: 7
  
• imported: 2025-12-02
  

Raw content of original issue

A pipeline job with checkout configured as :


 



checkout ([poll: false,

scm: [$class: 'GitSCM',

branches: [[name: '$GERRIT_BRANCH']],

doGenerateSubmoduleConfigurations: false,

extensions: [[$class: 'WipeWorkspace'],

[$class: 'BuildChooserSetting',

buildChooser: [$class: 'GerritTriggerBuildChooser']],

[$class: 'UserIdentity',

email: 'jenkins@<domain>',

name: 'Jenkins (NICOS release job)']

],

gitTool: 'Default',

submoduleCfg: [],

userRemoteConfigs: [[credentialsId: 'XXXXX',

refspec: '$GERRIT_REFSPEC',

url: 'ssh://<host>/$GERRIT_PROJECT']]

]

]





give the  following log output:



 [Pipeline] checkout

Wiping out workspace first.

Cloning the remote Git repository

Cloning repository ssh://<host>/<project>

 > /usr/bin/git init /home/jenkins/jobs/XXXX/workspace # timeout=10

Fetching upstream changes from ssh://<host>/<project>

 > /usr/bin/git --version # timeout=10

using GIT_SSH to set credentials XXXXX

 > /usr/bin/git fetch --tags --progress ssh://<host>/<project> +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*

 > /usr/bin/git config remote.origin.url ssh://<host>/<project> # timeout=10

 > /usr/bin/git config --add remote.origin.fetch +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/* # timeout=10

 > /usr/bin/git config remote.origin.url ssh://<host>/<project> # timeout=10

Fetching upstream changes from ssh://<host>/<project>

using GIT_SSH to set credentials XXXXXXXXXX

 > /usr/bin/git fetch --tags --progress ssh://<host>/<project> refs/heads/release-3.0

 > /usr/bin/git rev-parse FETCH_HEAD^{commit} # timeout=10

Checking out Revision eb56ef5e23cebf5ba496421b32fcd650c503402d ($GERRIT_BRANCH)

Commit message: "simulation: do not emit warning if quiet"

 > /usr/bin/git config core.sparsecheckout # timeout=10

 > /usr/bin/git checkout -f eb56ef5e23cebf5ba496421b32fcd650c503402d

 > /usr/bin/git rev-parse FETCH_HEAD^{commit} # timeout=10

 > /usr/bin/git rev-list cef586346270967a0435d76501053395197cf6a5 # timeout=10

[Pipeline] }






As you can see, the user.name/email are never set.


With docker.image.inside, this results in the following error later on:



*** Please tell me who you are.


Run

  git config --global user.email "you@example.com"

  git config --global user.name "Your Name"

to set your account's default identity.

Omit --global to set the identity only in this repository.

fatal: empty ident name (for <jenkins@67b4ac9c6b46.(none)>) not allowed





Workaround: Add a sh step to configure the repo



                sh '''

                git config user.email "jenkins@<domain>"

                git config user.name "Jenkins (NICOS release job)"

                '''






 

• environment: Linux, primary checkout in normal node, work done in docker (docker.image.inside...)