diff --git a/appformer/uberfire-nio2-backport/uberfire-nio2-impls/uberfire-nio2-jgit/src/main/java/org/uberfire/java/nio/fs/jgit/util/commands/Commit.java b/appformer/uberfire-nio2-backport/uberfire-nio2-impls/uberfire-nio2-jgit/src/main/java/org/uberfire/java/nio/fs/jgit/util/commands/Commit.java
index d2966fc92..6287bdd4f 100644
--- a/appformer/uberfire-nio2-backport/uberfire-nio2-impls/uberfire-nio2-jgit/src/main/java/org/uberfire/java/nio/fs/jgit/util/commands/Commit.java
+++ b/appformer/uberfire-nio2-backport/uberfire-nio2-impls/uberfire-nio2-jgit/src/main/java/org/uberfire/java/nio/fs/jgit/util/commands/Commit.java
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ public class Commit {
                                          final TimeZone timeZone,
                                          final Date when) {
         final TimeZone tz = timeZone == null ? TimeZone.getDefault() : timeZone;
-        final String email = _email == null ? "" : _email;
+        final String email = _email == null ? name : _email;
 
         if (name != null) {
             if (when != null) {