An unknown username in the Author attribute in the very first commit

[digi-bipul]

🏷️ Discussion Type

Question

💬 Feature/Topic Area

Other

Discussion Details

Unknown Author during code commit

I've created a fresh GitHub repo and added it to my local machine by "git remote add origin" (not git clone) and within 5 mins or so, I committed my first code and it was successful. But surprisingly I noticed there were a contributor named '1Dinama1' automatically addeded under the Contributors list and even more surprisingly the author of the Code commit is the same username, not mine...

1. I've double checked my local machine user.email which is GitHub's private email, not my original one. Still it matches with mine, No typo here...
2. user.name is also mine, no typo or mistakes...
3. It was a local folder, not global, but double checked both configs... No issues at all...
4. git config --local/--global user.name/email both same...

Can You Help Me With The Issue Plz?

[Kunal241207]

Hey! This isn't a hack or bug — it means the folder you started in wasn't actually empty on the git side. It already had a hidden .git folder with commit history in it (probably from a template/starter zip you downloaded), and that history included a commit from 1Dinama1. git remote add origin just points to a new remote, it doesn't wipe existing history — so that old commit came along for the ride.

Quick way to check:

git log --all --oneline

If you see a commit older than a few minutes ago, that's your proof — it was already there.

Easiest fix, start totally fresh:

rm -rf .git
git init
git add .
git commit -m "Initial commit"
git remote add origin <your-repo-url>
git push -u origin main --force

That nukes the old history and leaves only your own commits. Should sort it out 👍