From 987d024847b5700c093f518f70cc9e75e32b3583 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Paul Gauthier (aider)" <paul@aider.chat>
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2025 08:27:17 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Handle GitCommandError when retrieving git user config

---
 aider/main.py | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/aider/main.py b/aider/main.py
index b456e401b..0e8af36c0 100644
--- a/aider/main.py
+++ b/aider/main.py
@@ -126,8 +126,15 @@ def setup_git(git_root, io):
     if not repo:
         return
 
-    user_name = repo.git.config("--get", "user.name") or None
-    user_email = repo.git.config("--get", "user.email") or None
+    try:
+        user_name = repo.git.config("--get", "user.name") or None
+    except git.exc.GitCommandError:
+        user_name = None
+    
+    try:
+        user_email = repo.git.config("--get", "user.email") or None
+    except git.exc.GitCommandError:
+        user_email = None
 
     if user_name and user_email:
         return repo.working_tree_dir