code: def author_from_git(self):
          
          self.author = None
          try:
              encoding = locale.getdefaultlocale()[1]
              # launch git command and get answer
              cmd = Popen(["git", "config", "--get", "user.name"], stdout=PIPE)
              stdoutdata = cmd.communicate().decode(encoding)
              if (stdoutdata[0]):
                  import ipdb;ipdb.set_trace()
                  author = stdoutdata[0].rstrip(os.linesep)
                  self.author = author#.decode('utf8')
          except ImportError:
              pass
          except CalledProcessError:
              pass
          except OSError:
              pass
  
          return self.author
docs: Get the author name from git information.