diff --git a/src/gl-easy-install b/src/gl-easy-install
index 2f8a128..7b6b062 100755
--- a/src/gl-easy-install
+++ b/src/gl-easy-install
@@ -440,6 +440,8 @@ setup_pta() {
 
     echo "cd $REPO_BASE/gitolite-admin.git
 PATH=\$PATH:$GIT_PATH
+git config --get user.email || git config user.email \$USER@\`hostname\`
+git config --get user.name  || git config user.name  \"\$USER on \`hostname\`\"
 GIT_WORK_TREE=$GL_ADMINDIR git add conf/gitolite.conf keydir
 GIT_WORK_TREE=$GL_ADMINDIR git diff --cached --quiet 2>/dev/null || GIT_WORK_TREE=$GL_ADMINDIR git commit -am start
 " | ssh -T $p_port $user@$host
diff --git a/src/gl-setup b/src/gl-setup
index fd8357b..be69315 100755
--- a/src/gl-setup
+++ b/src/gl-setup
@@ -128,6 +128,8 @@ gl-compile-conf -q
     cd $HOME; cd $REPO_BASE/gitolite-admin.git
     GIT_WORK_TREE=$GL_ADMINDIR; export GIT_WORK_TREE
     git add conf/gitolite.conf keydir
+    git config --get user.email || git config user.email $USER@`hostname`
+    git config --get user.name  || git config user.name  "$USER on `hostname`"
     git diff --cached --quiet 2>/dev/null || git commit -am start
 )