title: Invalid author specified message in Eclipse
body: <p>I started getting the following when trying to commit in Eclipse (STS) when clicking the <code>Commit</code> button:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/XFQq6.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/XFQq6.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>Tried to follow what people are saying <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11176914/keep-getting-invalid-author-specified-example-a-u-thor-authorexample-com">here</a> without luck.</p>
  
  <p>Eclipse seems to be properly configured:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/Xm45J.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/Xm45J.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>Git works fine from the command line, but this issues really prevents me from using Git integration in Eclipse.</p>
  
  <p>It used to work fine all along, this just started happening today.</p>
  
  <p>I tried update the plugins in Eclipse, didn't help.</p>
  
  <p>I'm on a Mac: 
  <a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/brMyq.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/brMyq.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>and using STS 3.9.5
  <a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/IhB23.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/IhB23.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>What am I missing?</p>
  
  <p>Any suggestions besides totally reinstalling Eclipse(STS)?</p>