abort: no username supplied (see “hg help config”)

Question

I have added repository and at the time of commit I get error as

error:  abort: no username supplied (see \"hg help config\") 

I am not ge

Answer 1

Simple answer - in your .hg folder, create a file named .hgrc in there, add the following content (check hg help config for the exact syntax)

[ui]
username = forename surname 
verbose = True

and save it. Should work now. Note that verbose = True is not required, but I included it since it is listed in the help content

(This is from memory, but hg help config will tell you the correct filename and syntax)