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cdk init requires git global configuration

See original GitHub issue

On my machine I don’t have a global git config for username and email because for every repository I create I want to explicitly set whether I’m using my work or personal account. Since I don’t have that I get errors when I execute cdk init app --language=typescript

> cdk init app --language=typescript                                                                                                                        
Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'c:\Users\norm\.aws\config'                                                                                  
    at Object.fs.openSync (fs.js:646:18)                                                                                                                    
    at Object.fs.readFileSync (fs.js:551:33)                                                                                                                
    at Object.readFileSync (C:\Users\Norm\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\aws-cdk\node_modules\aws-sdk\lib\util.js:97:26)                                  
    at SharedIniFile.loadFile [as ensureFileLoaded] (C:\Users\Norm\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\aws-cdk\node_modules\aws-sdk\lib\shared_ini.js:19:18)   
    at SharedIniFile.loadProfile [as getProfile] (C:\Users\Norm\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\aws-cdk\node_modules\aws-sdk\lib\shared_ini.js:52:10)      
    at Config.region (C:\Users\Norm\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\aws-cdk\node_modules\aws-sdk\lib\node_loader.js:88:34)                                 
    at Config.set (C:\Users\Norm\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\aws-cdk\node_modules\aws-sdk\lib\config.js:448:39)                                        
    at Config.<anonymous> (C:\Users\Norm\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\aws-cdk\node_modules\aws-sdk\lib\config.js:283:12)                                
    at Config.each (C:\Users\Norm\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\aws-cdk\node_modules\aws-sdk\lib\util.js:485:32)                                         
    at new Config (C:\Users\Norm\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\aws-cdk\node_modules\aws-sdk\lib\config.js:282:19)                                        
default@us-west-2 C:\temp\cdk-test\hello-cdk                                                                                                                
> cdk init app --language=typescript                                                                                                                        
Initializing a new git repository...                                                                                                                        
Applying project template app for typescript                                                                                                                
Executing npm install...                                                                                                                                    
npm notice created a lockfile as package-lock.json. You should commit this file.                                                                            
npm WARN hello-cdk@0.1.0 No repository field.                                                                                                               
npm WARN hello-cdk@0.1.0 No license field.                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                            
warning: LF will be replaced by CRLF in .gitignore.                                                                                                         
The file will have its original line endings in your working directory.                                                                                     
warning: LF will be replaced by CRLF in .npmignore.                                                                                                         
The file will have its original line endings in your working directory.                                                                                     
warning: LF will be replaced by CRLF in README.md.                                                                                                          
The file will have its original line endings in your working directory.                                                                                     
warning: LF will be replaced by CRLF in bin/hello-cdk.ts.                                                                                                   
The file will have its original line endings in your working directory.                                                                                     
warning: LF will be replaced by CRLF in cdk.json.                                                                                                           
The file will have its original line endings in your working directory.                                                                                     
warning: LF will be replaced by CRLF in package-lock.json.                                                                                                  
The file will have its original line endings in your working directory.                                                                                     
warning: LF will be replaced by CRLF in package.json.                                                                                                       
The file will have its original line endings in your working directory.                                                                                     
warning: LF will be replaced by CRLF in tsconfig.json.                                                                                                      
The file will have its original line endings in your working directory.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                            
*** Please tell me who you are.                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                            
Run                                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                            
  git config --global user.email "you@example.com"                                                                                                          
  git config --global user.name "Your Name"                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                            
to set your account's default identity.                                                                                                                     
Omit --global to set the identity only in this repository.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                            
fatal: unable to auto-detect email address (got 'Norm@master-control.(none)')                                                                               
git exited with status 128

Looks like the project isn’t finished creating either because when I run cdk synth I get errors about a missing hello-cdk.js.