Fix failing unit test

This addresses the failing test added in the previous commit.
jorisroovers · Sep 25, 2020 · 6ebeb8e · 6ebeb8e
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diff --git a/gitlint/git.py b/gitlint/git.py
@@ -313,7 +313,10 @@ def author_name(self):
     @property
     @cache
     def author_email(self):
-        return ustr(_git("config", "--get", "user.email", _cwd=self.context.repository_path)).strip()
+        try:
+            return ustr(_git("config", "--get", "user.email", _cwd=self.context.repository_path)).strip()
+        except GitExitCodeError:
+            raise GitContextError("Missing git configuration: please set user.email")
 
     @property
     @cache