@krainboltgreene
*** 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: empty ident name (for <mastodon@witches-academy.localdomain>) not allowed
Cannot save the current index state