diff --git a/.github/workflows/gh-build.yml b/.github/workflows/gh-build.yml
index 204814107..11dd9857e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gh-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gh-build.yml
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ jobs:
           chown -R coder:coder cunumeric;
           ls -R
 
+      - name: Copy .gitconfig
+        run: cp ~/cunumeric/continuous_integration/dot-gitconfig ~/.gitconfig
+
       - id: legate_core_info
         name: Read legate.core SHA
         shell: bash --noprofile --norc -xeo pipefail {0}
diff --git a/continuous_integration/dot-gitconfig b/continuous_integration/dot-gitconfig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..91ac79c70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/continuous_integration/dot-gitconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[user]
+	email = users.noreply.github.com
+	name = anon
\ No newline at end of file