Common Issues

python Command Not Found

If you get an error that the python command can’t be found in the command line, that means that your command line doesn’t know where your Python interpreter is.

Follow the steps for Windows or MacOS to reinstall Python and add it to your computer’s PATH.

If-Else Statements in Hydrogen

If you are using Hydrogen and are using Shift + Enter, Cmnd + Enter, or Cntrl + Enter to run python code then you may have noticed an error when trying to use if-else statements similar to the one below.

IfElseError

I think this error comes from the fact that by running an if-else statement line-by-line the else is not properly associated with the if, leading to a syntax error. Fortunately the solution is simple, just highlight the entire block of code containing the if-else statement and then use Shift + Enter, Cmnd + Enter, or Cntrl + Enter to run it.

IfElseSolution

Linter/Pycodestyle and Teletype

When editing Python code while using Teletype you may see an error similar to the one in the picture below. This error stems from something Teletype does when you are accessing a file that’s not on your computer.

LinterError

At the moment we don’t have a fix, so just continue working as usual and try not to get too annoyed at all the red boxes popping up.

Clone Error Using https

For some users, when attempting to clone a repository with a URL that contains https, they are given the error shown below. The current fix to this issue is to simply remove the “s” from https in the URL, and simply use http.

[[/Images/httpsCloneError.png|httpsCloneError]]

Tell Me Who You Are GitHub Error

When some people commit their changes to a file using Atom’s built in GitHub, they get a red error box that asks them who they are. The error message is shown below:

*** 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 'atomuser@WIN-VU79AHTD4PV.(none)')

To fix this error there are two different methods. One of them requires installing Git onto your computer. Since this is laborious, and takes time, we’ll use a method that requires writing a .gitconfig file.

To write a .gitconfig file, follow these steps:

  1. Open TextEdit for Mac or Notepad for Windows.

  2. Write the following lines in TextEdit or Notepad:

[user]
      name = "YOUR GITHUB USERNAME"
      email = "YOUR GITHUB EMAIL"

  1. Save the file with the name .gitconfig to your desktop. When you do this, you will likely save it as a .txt or .rtf file. Locate the file on your desktop, and right click to get the file info and remove .txt, .rtf, or any other extension that it may have saved as.

  2. Navigate to C:\Users\YOUR_COMPUTERS_USERNAME for Windows or /Users/YOUR_COMPUTERS_USERNAME for Mac. These can be found in your File Navigator or Finder under your local drive.

  3. Move the .gitconfig file to this location.

  4. Quit and restart Atom. You should now be able to commit without running into the error above.