title: git keeps asking for email adress when commting
body: <p>I reinstalled my machine and copied an old git repository.</p>
  
  <p>Now if i try to make a commit, git keeps complaining about a missing email address even though i have a </p>
  
  <pre><code>~/.gitconfig
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  <p>and a .git/config in my repository with the correct entries. Executing</p>
  
  <pre><code>   git config 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>writes entries in the correct files, however it seems that they are not read. I am running git v1.4.8.2</p>