diff --git a/bug/bug_actions_test.go b/bug/bug_actions_test.go
index e68132fc9a10cffd4f2dcd70fa90d48c388b71d9..a60e5c685841e7e592d1611a41faaa1de2a8be8b 100644
--- a/bug/bug_actions_test.go
+++ b/bug/bug_actions_test.go
@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@ func createRepo(bare bool) *repository.GitRepo {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
+	if err := repo.StoreConfig("user.name", "testuser"); err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("failed to set user.name for test repository: ", err)
+	}
+	if err := repo.StoreConfig("user.email", "testuser@example.com"); err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("failed to set user.email for test repository: ", err)
+	}
+
 	return repo
 }
 
diff --git a/commands/select/select_test.go b/commands/select/select_test.go
index 79c8cbf002114db6b91fd23642e31eae264ca5ca..fe501d763fafd4c4ce6eb72e848685433163fe84 100644
--- a/commands/select/select_test.go
+++ b/commands/select/select_test.go
@@ -96,6 +96,13 @@ func createRepo() *repository.GitRepo {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
+	if err := repo.StoreConfig("user.name", "testuser"); err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("failed to set user.name for test repository: ", err)
+	}
+	if err := repo.StoreConfig("user.email", "testuser@example.com"); err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("failed to set user.email for test repository: ", err)
+	}
+
 	return repo
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/read_bugs_test.go b/tests/read_bugs_test.go
index b28da49bedac604818c4cb3b4ed9d69b99a65d55..e5de0cc29d0bd6fd5b7cd51e3d3d370de5b8b97e 100644
--- a/tests/read_bugs_test.go
+++ b/tests/read_bugs_test.go
@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@ func createRepo(bare bool) *repository.GitRepo {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
+	if err := repo.StoreConfig("user.name", "testuser"); err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("failed to set user.name for test repository: ", err)
+	}
+	if err := repo.StoreConfig("user.email", "testuser@example.com"); err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("failed to set user.email for test repository: ", err)
+	}
+
 	return repo
 }