From 6666850871091a8caa0d24b7c84247568a3a4277 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kynan Ware <47394200+BagToad@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:05:20 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] fix(acceptance): set git identity in testscript sandbox

The sandbox overrides HOME so git cannot find the user's global config,
causing 'Author identity unknown' errors when acceptance test scripts
make commits. Write a minimal .gitconfig with user.name and user.email
into the sandbox working directory during sharedSetup.

Co-Authored-By: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 acceptance/acceptance_test.go | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/acceptance/acceptance_test.go b/acceptance/acceptance_test.go
index b8eff8389..98642afaf 100644
--- a/acceptance/acceptance_test.go
+++ b/acceptance/acceptance_test.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/internal/ghcmd"
 	"github.com/cli/go-internal/testscript"
+	"github.com/MakeNowJust/heredoc"
 )
 
 func ghMain() int {
@@ -224,6 +226,19 @@ func sharedSetup(tsEnv testScriptEnv) func(ts *testscript.Env) error {
 
 		ts.Setenv("RANDOM_STRING", randomString(10))
 
+		// The sandbox overrides HOME, so git cannot find the user's global
+		// config. Write a minimal identity so commits inside the sandbox
+		// don't fail with "Author identity unknown".
+		gitCfg := filepath.Join(ts.Cd, ".gitconfig")
+		gitCfgContent := heredoc.Doc(`
+			[user]
+				name = GitHub CLI Acceptance Test Runner
+				email = cli-acceptance-test-runner@github.com
+		`)
+		if err := os.WriteFile(gitCfg, []byte(gitCfgContent), 0o644); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("writing sandbox .gitconfig: %w", err)
+		}
+
 		ts.Values[keyT] = ts.T()
 		return nil
 	}