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I push to GitHub but Vercel doesn't deploy, commit shows a red X

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Everything worked for weeks. Since yesterday my pushes don't deploy. On GitHub the commit has a red X from Vercel and the details say something like "No GitHub account was found matching the commit author email address". Nothing changed on my side except I started letting Claude Code make the commits.

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Reconnected the GitHub integration in Vercel. Made an empty commit from the GitHub website, that one deployed fine.

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What does git log -1 --format='%ae' print? kofi_mensah 4 months ago

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jonas_k4 months ago

The web commit works because GitHub uses your account email. Your local commits use whatever git config user.email is on your machine, and on a fresh Mac that's often something like greta@Gretas-MacBook.local. Vercel can't link that to a GitHub user, so it won't deploy it.

git log -1 --format='%an <%ae>'   # see what's being used
git config --global user.email "the-email-on-your-github-account@example.com"

Then push a new commit. If you want to keep your email private, use the ...@users.noreply.github.com address from GitHub's email settings instead.

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It was greta@Gretas-MacBook-Air.local. Set the email, new commit deployed. Claude Code just uses my git config, so it wasn't its fault after all.

greta_m 4 months ago

The noreply address tip is a good one, keeps the real email out of public commit history.

sven_fire 4 months ago

deploydan4 months ago

Related gotcha on Hobby: with a private repo, commits by anyone other than you (a collaborator, a bot account) are blocked too. If you ever add a teammate, that's the next red X you'll see.

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