From 79528aac64c6e86054bce1990402eed47e45bb10 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: GCHQDeveloper581 <63102987+GCHQDeveloper581@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 30 May 2026 10:54:02 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Remove code to auto-detect email/name from git config as it
 was too installation dependent

---
 package-lock.json                        |  9 ---------
 package.json                             |  1 -
 src/core/config/scripts/newOperation.mjs | 22 ++--------------------
 3 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)

diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index d6d9c969..89e5b3ec 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@
         "handlebars": "^4.7.9",
         "highlight.js": "^11.11.1",
         "ieee754": "^1.2.1",
-        "iniparser": "^1.0.5",
         "jimp": "1.6.0",
         "jq-web": "^0.5.1",
         "jquery": "3.7.1",
@@ -11524,14 +11523,6 @@
         "node": "^20.17.0 || >=22.9.0"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/iniparser": {
-      "version": "1.0.5",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/iniparser/-/iniparser-1.0.5.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-i40MWqgTU6h/70NtMsDVVDLjDYWwcIR1yIEVDPfxZIJno9z9L4s83p/V7vAu2i48Vj0gpByrkGFub7ko9XvPrw==",
-      "engines": {
-        "node": "*"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/internal-slot": {
       "version": "1.1.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/internal-slot/-/internal-slot-1.1.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0f54dc2f..d7d1b48a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@
     "handlebars": "^4.7.9",
     "highlight.js": "^11.11.1",
     "ieee754": "^1.2.1",
-    "iniparser": "^1.0.5",
     "jimp": "1.6.0",
     "jq-web": "^0.5.1",
     "jquery": "3.7.1",
diff --git a/src/core/config/scripts/newOperation.mjs b/src/core/config/scripts/newOperation.mjs
index a3576779..59c93b88 100644
--- a/src/core/config/scripts/newOperation.mjs
+++ b/src/core/config/scripts/newOperation.mjs
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import process from "process";
 import fs from "fs";
 import path from "path";
 import EscapeString from "../../operations/EscapeString.mjs";
-import iniparser from "iniparser";
 
 
 const dir = path.join(process.cwd() + "/src/core/operations/");
@@ -25,23 +24,6 @@ if (!fs.existsSync(dir)) {
     process.exit(1);
 }
 const testDir = path.join(process.cwd() + "/tests/operations/tests/");
-
-const configFile = "/.gitconfig";
-let gitUserEmail, gitUserName;
-// gitconfig in root is better than global one
-let gitConfig = process.cwd() + "/.git/config";
-if (!fs.existsSync(gitConfig)) {
-    gitConfig = process.env.HOME +  configFile;
-}
-// get user settings from git
-if (fs.existsSync(gitConfig)) {
-    const config = iniparser.parseSync(gitConfig);
-    if ("user" in config) {
-        if ("email" in config.user) gitUserEmail = config.user.email;
-        if ("name" in config.user) gitUserName = config.user.name;
-    }
-}
-
 const ioTypes = ["string", "byteArray", "number", "html", "ArrayBuffer", "BigNumber", "JSON", "File", "List<File>"];
 
 const schema = {
@@ -106,14 +88,14 @@ If your operation does not rely on a library, just leave this blank and it will
         authorName: {
             description: "Your name or username will be added to the @author tag for this operation.",
             example: "n1474335",
-            default: gitUserName,
+            default: "",
             prompt: "Username",
             type: "string"
         },
         authorEmail: {
             description: "Your email address will also be added to the @author tag for this operation.",
             example: "n1474335@gmail.com",
-            default: gitUserEmail,
+            default: "",
             prompt: "Email",
             type: "string"
         }