note: github and Win32

when author is unknown, you need set
E:\Fayland\perl-net-github>git config --global user.name "fayland"
E:\Fayland\perl-net-github>git config --global user.email fayland@gmail.com

just a note.

if more than one master, you need
git config branch.master.remote origin
git config branch.master.merge refs/heads/master
from http://snippets.dzone.com/posts/show/5714

another note.