diff -Nru git-build-recipe-0.3.1~git201603121040.7979317~ubuntu14.04.1/debian/changelog git-build-recipe-0.3.2~git201603141208.f21d4a5~ubuntu14.04.1/debian/changelog
--- git-build-recipe-0.3.1~git201603121040.7979317~ubuntu14.04.1/debian/changelog	2016-03-13 10:31:38.000000000 +0000
+++ git-build-recipe-0.3.2~git201603141208.f21d4a5~ubuntu14.04.1/debian/changelog	2016-03-14 12:17:18.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
-git-build-recipe (0.3.1~git201603121040.7979317~ubuntu14.04.1) trusty; urgency=low
+git-build-recipe (0.3.2~git201603141208.f21d4a5~ubuntu14.04.1) trusty; urgency=low
 
   * Auto build.
 
- -- Launchpad Package Builder <noreply@launchpad.net>  Sun, 13 Mar 2016 10:31:38 +0000
+ -- Launchpad Package Builder <noreply@launchpad.net>  Mon, 14 Mar 2016 12:17:18 +0000
+
+git-build-recipe (0.3.2) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Make tests work in environments where git can't figure out a default
+    user name (closes: #818141).
+
+ -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 14 Mar 2016 12:08:03 +0000
 
 git-build-recipe (0.3.1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
diff -Nru git-build-recipe-0.3.1~git201603121040.7979317~ubuntu14.04.1/debian/git-build-recipe.manifest git-build-recipe-0.3.2~git201603141208.f21d4a5~ubuntu14.04.1/debian/git-build-recipe.manifest
--- git-build-recipe-0.3.1~git201603121040.7979317~ubuntu14.04.1/debian/git-build-recipe.manifest	2016-03-13 10:31:38.000000000 +0000
+++ git-build-recipe-0.3.2~git201603141208.f21d4a5~ubuntu14.04.1/debian/git-build-recipe.manifest	2016-03-14 12:17:18.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-# git-build-recipe format 0.4 deb-version {debupstream}~git201603121040.7979317
-lp:git-build-recipe git-commit:797931744cac8b2a7bd08bb82b9cc9b001aac6a1
+# git-build-recipe format 0.4 deb-version {debupstream}~git201603141208.f21d4a5
+lp:git-build-recipe git-commit:f21d4a5596c0a4f81cbe26e218d6c2b02652d1cd
diff -Nru git-build-recipe-0.3.1~git201603121040.7979317~ubuntu14.04.1/gitbuildrecipe/tests/__init__.py git-build-recipe-0.3.2~git201603141208.f21d4a5~ubuntu14.04.1/gitbuildrecipe/tests/__init__.py
--- git-build-recipe-0.3.1~git201603121040.7979317~ubuntu14.04.1/gitbuildrecipe/tests/__init__.py	2016-03-13 10:31:38.000000000 +0000
+++ git-build-recipe-0.3.2~git201603141208.f21d4a5~ubuntu14.04.1/gitbuildrecipe/tests/__init__.py	2016-03-14 12:17:18.000000000 +0000
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@
 import os.path
 import subprocess
 
-from fixtures import TempDir
+from fixtures import (
+    EnvironmentVariable,
+    TempDir,
+    )
 from testtools import TestCase
 
 
@@ -125,6 +128,16 @@
 
 class GitTestCase(TestCase):
 
+    def setUp(self):
+        super().setUp()
+        # git complains if the user name and email aren't configured at all.
+        home = self.make_temporary_directory()
+        self.useFixture(EnvironmentVariable("HOME", home))
+        with open(os.path.join(home, ".gitconfig"), "w") as gitconfig:
+            print("[user]", file=gitconfig)
+            print('\tname = "Committer"', file=gitconfig)
+            print('\temail = "committer@example.org"', file=gitconfig)
+
     def make_temporary_directory(self):
         """Create a temporary directory, and return its path."""
         return self.useFixture(TempDir()).path