This occurs when there is no global setting for git config options user.name and user.email
An example of the error shown below:
E pre_commit.util.CalledProcessError: Command: ('/usr/bin/git', 'commit', '-m', 'init', '--allow-empty')
E Return code: 128
E Expected return code: 0
E Output: (none)
E Errors:
E
E *** Please tell me who you are.
E
E Run
E
E git config --global user.email "you@example.com"
E git config --global user.name "Your Name"
E
E to set your account's default identity.
E Omit --global to set the identity only in this repository.
E
E fatal: empty ident name (for <(null)>) not allowed