git username/email not found by gitit

Hi,

I get this error when starting gitit, and also when trying to create a front page:

Server error: UnknownError: Could not git commit Front Page.page

**\* 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: unable to auto-detect email address (got 'xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.(none)')

My git username and email are present in ~/.gitconfig.
OSX 10.7.4
GHC 7.4.2
cabal-install 0.14.0