diff --git a/roles/infinote/files/gitconfig b/roles/infinote/files/gitconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d66e75299d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/infinote/files/gitconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[user]
+        email = nobody@fedoraproject.org
+        name = infinote
diff --git a/roles/infinote/tasks/main.yml b/roles/infinote/tasks/main.yml
index f116c3e8cf..c923a197ec 100644
--- a/roles/infinote/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/infinote/tasks/main.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@
   - infinote
   - config
 
+- name: Setup basic git config for infinote user
+  copy: src=gitconfig dest=/home/infinote/.gitconfig
+  tags:
+  - infinote
+  - config
+
 - name: allow infinote user to read ssl certs
   file: dest=/etc/pki/tls/private/wildcard-2014.fedoraproject.org.key mode=600 owner=infinote group=root
   tags: