diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 7478144fbe46a282d385f9545e23933465d53700..d71e1bdebcd9897c43005a349fa65cc2bba1991e 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ Guillermo López-Anglada <guillermo.lopez@outlook.com>
 ntaoo <ntaoo.g@gmail.com>
 Andrés Araujo <a.araujo.azua@gmail.com>
 Kevin Segaud <segaud.kevin@gmail.com>
+sh4869 <nobuk4869@gmail.com>  
diff --git a/lib/src/cli_app.dart b/lib/src/cli_app.dart
index 7ba4c55cbdcb96d59d3f5a50563bbed2ffdf6a60..b379879eedc7e44def723e7bc3f795d7040f4dcf 100644
--- a/lib/src/cli_app.dart
+++ b/lib/src/cli_app.dart
@@ -167,6 +167,14 @@ additional analytics to help us improve Stagehand [y/yes/no]? """);
 
     String author = options['author'];
 
+    if (!options.wasParsed('author')) {
+      try {
+        io.ProcessResult result =
+            io.Process.runSync('git', ['config', 'user.name']);
+        if (result.exitCode == 0) author = result.stdout.trim();
+      } catch (exception) {}
+    }
+
     Map vars = {'author': author};
 
     Future f = generator.generate(projectName, target, additionalVars: vars);