---
type: challenge
title: "The Identity"
xp: 50
duration: 15
difficulty: 2
---

# The Identity

> **[INCOMING — Mission Control, Earth]**
>
> Cadet, before Git records any of your work, it needs to know who's
> making the changes. Every commit you'll ever make will carry your
> name and email.
>
> When your script runs, a fresh Git repository already exists in the
> current directory. Set the local identity:
>
> ```bash
> git config user.name "Your Name"
> git config user.email "you@example.com"
> ```
>
> Without `--global`, these settings only apply to this one repo —
> exactly what we want for a contained challenge.
>
> [END TRANSMISSION]

## Your Task

In `starter/starter.sh`, set `user.name` and `user.email` on the
current Git repo.

## Objectives

- `user.name` is set on the repo (non-empty)
- `user.email` is set on the repo and looks like an email