From 225ee5bb8239357e28719988713c86a42d5597d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julian Stirling <julian@julianstirling.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2025 23:28:11 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Tweak CI script to have a Git name and email as this is now
 needed for unit testing.

---
 .gitlab-ci.yml | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 0a2f663e..49b5dd0e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -125,6 +125,10 @@ pytest:
   stage: testing
   extends: .python
   script:
+    # Our unit tests  create fake Git repositories. This doesn't work unless
+    # Git is configured with a name and email.
+    - git config --global user.name "Sir Unit of Test"
+    - git config --global user.email "fake@email.no"
     - pytest
 #    --gitlab-code-quality-report=pytest-warnings.json # can restore when it installs ok
   coverage: '/(?i)total.*? (100(?:\.0+)?\%|[1-9]?\d(?:\.\d+)?\%)$/'