Define the catalog publication identity

tools/release/govoplan_release/publisher.py

@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ _MAX_GIT_OUTPUT_BYTES = 16 * 1024 * 1024
 _MAX_REMOTE_METADATA_BYTES = 16 * 1024
 _MAX_REMOVED_TREE_ENTRIES = 100_000
 _MAX_REMOVED_TREE_DEPTH = 64
+_RELEASE_GIT_NAME = "GovOPlaN Release Automation"
+_RELEASE_GIT_EMAIL = "release@govoplan.invalid"
 
 
 class CatalogPublicationAmbiguousError(RuntimeError):
@@ -1898,6 +1900,10 @@ def _sanitized_git_environment(
             "GIT_CONFIG_COUNT": "0",
             "GIT_CONFIG_GLOBAL": os.devnull,
             "GIT_CONFIG_NOSYSTEM": "1",
+            "GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL": _RELEASE_GIT_EMAIL,
+            "GIT_AUTHOR_NAME": _RELEASE_GIT_NAME,
+            "GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL": _RELEASE_GIT_EMAIL,
+            "GIT_COMMITTER_NAME": _RELEASE_GIT_NAME,
             "GIT_NO_REPLACE_OBJECTS": "1",
             "GIT_PAGER": "cat",
             "GIT_SSH_COMMAND": "/usr/bin/ssh -o BatchMode=yes -o ConnectTimeout=8",