+ [2015-10-02T03:10:02Z] somerandomuser Hello, is this >> GIT_COMMITTER_NAME=" " GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL=" " git commit --author=" <>" --allow-empty-message -m " " << no longer valid on git? I'm getting "fatal: empty ident name (for <>) not allowed" on git for windows, however it works fine on debian8.2