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# Ugly crash during startup when `~/.gitconfig` is missing \[user\] #662

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[Megamannen](/Megamannen) opened this issue Jun 10, 2024 · 1 comment

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# [Ugly crash during startup when `~/.gitconfig` is missing \[user\]](#top) #662

[Megamannen](/Megamannen) opened this issue Jun 10, 2024 · 1 comment

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**[Megamannen](/Megamannen)** commented [Jun 10,
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| ### Issue                                                             |
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| This is my `~/.gitconfig`                                             |
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|     [safe]                                                            |
|         directory = /home/mega/Projects                               |
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| This is the output:                                                   |
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|     aider                                                             |
|     Traceback (most recent call last):                                |
|       File "/usr/lib/python3.12/configparser.py", line 767, in get    |
|         value = d[option]                                             |
|                 ~^^^^^^^^                                             |
|       File "/u                                                        |
| sr/lib/python3.12/collections/__init__.py", line 1015, in __getitem__ |
|         return self.__m                                               |
| issing__(key)            # support subclasses that define __missing__ |
|                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^                                  |
|       File "/u                                                        |
| sr/lib/python3.12/collections/__init__.py", line 1007, in __missing__ |
|         raise KeyError(key)                                           |
|     KeyError: 'name'                                                  |
|                                                                       |
|                                                                       |
|   During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: |
|                                                                       |
|     Traceback (most recent call last):                                |
|       File "/home/mega/.local/bin/aider", line 8, in <module>         |
|         sys.exit(main())                                              |
|                  ^^^^^^                                               |
|       File "/home/mega/.local/share/pipx/venvs/aide                   |
| r-chat/lib/python3.12/site-packages/aider/main.py", line 306, in main |
|         git_root = setup_git(git_root, io)                            |
|                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^                            |
|       File "/home/mega/.local/share/pipx/venvs/aider-ch               |
| at/lib/python3.12/site-packages/aider/main.py", line 68, in setup_git |
|         user_name = config.get_value("user", "name", None)            |
|                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^            |
|       File "/home/mega/.local/share/pipx/venvs/aider-cha              |
| t/lib/python3.12/site-packages/git/config.py", line 793, in get_value |
|         valuestr = self.get(section, option)                          |
|                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^                          |
|       File "/home/mega/.local/share/pipx/venvs/aider-chat/lib/pyth    |
| on3.12/site-packages/git/config.py", line 114, in assure_data_present |
|         return func(self, *args, **kwargs)                            |
|                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^                            |
|       File "/usr/lib/python3.12/configparser.py", line 770, in get    |
|         raise NoOptionError(option, section)                          |
|     configparser.NoOptionError: No option 'name' in section: 'user'   |
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| I added my user info to .gitconfig and it works                       |
|                                                                       |
| ### Version and model info                                            |
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| Aider: v0.37.0                                                        |
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**[paul-gauthier](/paul-gauthier)** commented [Jun 10,
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+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Thanks for trying aider and filing this issue.                        |
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| I am unable to reproduce this issue. I made my `~/.gitconfig` the     |
| same as yours and aider does the expected thing:                      |
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|     $ git init                                                        |
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|     $ aider                                                           |
|     Update git name with: git config user.name "Your Name"            |
|     Update git email with: git config user.email "you@example.com"    |
|     ...                                                               |
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| Can you describe more clearly how to reproduce?                       |
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ASSISTANT: To address the issue described in https://github.com/paul-gauthier/aider/issues/662, we need to handle the case where the `~/.gitconfig` file is missing or does not contain the `user.name` entry. The most likely file to need changes is:

- `aider/main.py`

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If you need to propose edits to other existing files not already added to the chat, you *MUST* tell the me their full path names and ask me to *add the files to the chat*. End your reply and wait for my approval. You can keep asking if you then decide you need to edit more files.

ASSISTANT: To handle the case where the `~/.gitconfig` file is missing or does not contain the `user.name` entry, we need to catch the `configparser.NoOptionError` exception and handle it gracefully.

Here are the changes needed:

1. Modify the `setup_git` function to handle the `configparser.NoOptionError` exception.

aider/main.py
```python
<<<<<<< SEARCH
        except configparser.NoSectionError:
=======
        except (configparser.NoSectionError, configparser.NoOptionError):
>>>>>>> REPLACE
```

This change will ensure that the code handles the case where the `user.name` or `user.email` is missing in the `~/.gitconfig` file without crashing.
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