I\'m having problems trying to link my commits to my GitHub account. Commits are being reported on GitHub the way my picture shows. The values user.name and use
If you received your e-mail address from gmail, and in "." If there is a sign, like me, you may have encountered such trouble. For example, if your original e-mail address is test.code@gmail.com and you have registered as testcode@gmail.com when you register with github, you are very likely to encounter this error.
As a solution; you need to link both email addresses to your github account.