feat(CLI): don't attempt to commit if user.name/email is not set

src/cli/tasks.ts

@@ -26,7 +26,12 @@ export interface Tasks {
     readonly gitEmail: string;
     readonly gitName: string;
   }>;
-  readonly initialCommit: (hash: string, projectDir: string) => Promise<void>;
+  readonly initialCommit: (
+    hash: string,
+    projectDir: string,
+    name: string,
+    email: string
+  ) => Promise<boolean>;
   readonly install: (
     shouldInstall: boolean,
     runner: Runner,
@@ -104,7 +109,9 @@ export const getUserInfo = (spawner: ExecaStatic) => async () => {
 
 export const initialCommit = (spawner: ExecaStatic) => async (
   hash: string,
-  projectDir: string
+  projectDir: string,
+  name: string,
+  email: string
 ) => {
   const opts: Options = {
     cwd: projectDir,
@@ -113,6 +120,9 @@ export const initialCommit = (spawner: ExecaStatic) => async (
   };
   await spawner('git', ['init'], opts);
   await spawner('git', ['add', '-A'], opts);
+  if (name === Placeholders.name || email === Placeholders.email) {
+    return false;
+  }
   await spawner(
     'git',
     [
@@ -122,6 +132,7 @@ export const initialCommit = (spawner: ExecaStatic) => async (
     ],
     opts
   );
+  return true;
 };
 
 export const install = (spawner: ExecaStatic) => async (

src/cli/tests/cli.unit.spec.ts

@@ -120,10 +120,29 @@ test('getUserInfo: suppresses errors and returns empty strings', async t => {
 });
 
 test('initialCommit: throws generated errors', async t => {
-  const error = await t.throws(initialCommit(mockErr(1))('deadbeef', 'fail'));
+  const error = await t.throws(
+    initialCommit(mockErr(1))('deadbeef', 'fail', 'name', 'bitjson@github.com')
+  );
   t.is(error.code, 1);
 });
 
+test("initialCommit: don't attempt to commit if user.name/email is not set", async t => {
+  // tslint:disable-next-line:no-let
+  let calls = 0;
+  const errorIf3 = ((() => {
+    calls++;
+    calls === 1 ? t.pass() : calls === 2 ? t.pass() : t.fail();
+  }) as any) as ExecaStatic;
+  t.false(
+    await initialCommit(errorIf3)(
+      'deadbeef',
+      'fail',
+      Placeholders.name,
+      Placeholders.email
+    )
+  );
+});
+
 test('install: uses the correct runner', async t => {
   const mock = (((runner: Runner) => {
     runner === Runner.Yarn ? t.pass() : t.fail();

src/cli/typescript-starter.ts

@@ -144,8 +144,11 @@ export async function typescriptStarter(
   await tasks.install(install, runner, projectPath);
 
   const spinner7 = ora(`Initializing git repository`).start();
-  await tasks.initialCommit(commitHash, projectPath);
-  spinner7.succeed();
+  (await tasks.initialCommit(commitHash, projectPath, gitName, gitEmail))
+    ? spinner7.succeed()
+    : spinner7.fail(
+        "Git config user.name and user.email are not configured. You'll need to `git commit` yourself."
+      );
 
   console.log(`\n${chalk.blue.bold(`Created ${name} 🎉`)}\n`);
 }