Jenkins - git global config not loaded

Question

I have verified that the git repository is being accessed by my jenkins user through the build task, and set git config for jenkins user.name and user.email, which I have confirmed using:

su - jenkins
git config --global --get user.name
> Jenkins
git config --global --get user.email
> [email protected]

However, the jenkins build cannot create a tag and returns "*** Please tell me who you are.", which I'm aware is because of missing git user and email. Any ideas on where I can start?

The git repo is being accessed in context of jenkins user. Do I need to restart server or git or something else?

Answer 1

At the Jenkins web page, go to Manage Jenkins-> Configure System, find the git settings.

You should be able to fill in "Global Config user.name Value" and "Global Config user.email Value" there.

Answer 2

If you need to set the git credentials for one particular jenkins job, On your job configuration Under Source Code Management select Custom User-name/email address from Additional Behaviours. Put your user name and email here.