Orb init Error: Author Field Required

What Is This Error?

Sometimes you may encounter this error when running through the  init  command at the end of initializing the orb:

Error: author field is required

This just means that there is no user email set in git, as we use that for the "author" value of the orb.

 

How Do I Fix This?

You can address this issue by ensuring that your user.email is set globally in git. You can verify this by looking in your ~/.gitconfig file, and seeing if your email is set globally. If your email is not set globally, you can set it using this command:

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

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