diff --git a/.woodpecker/agent-smoke.sh b/.woodpecker/agent-smoke.sh
index 322bcf0..9380ec5 100644
--- a/.woodpecker/agent-smoke.sh
+++ b/.woodpecker/agent-smoke.sh
@@ -21,14 +21,11 @@ FAILED=0
 # Uses awk instead of grep -Eo for busybox/Alpine compatibility (#296).
 get_fns() {
   local f="$1"
-  # Use POSIX character classes and bracket-escaped parens for BusyBox awk
-  # compatibility (BusyBox awk does not expand \t to tab in character classes
-  # and may handle \( differently in ERE patterns).
-  awk '/^[[:space:]]*[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]+[[:space:]]*[(][)]/ {
-    sub(/^[[:space:]]+/, "")
-    sub(/[[:space:]]*[(][)].*/, "")
-    print
-  }' "$f" 2>/dev/null | sort -u || true
+  # Use grep+sed instead of awk for BusyBox compatibility — BusyBox awk
+  # unreliably handles [(][)] bracket expressions in some Alpine builds.
+  grep -E '^[[:space:]]*[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]+[[:space:]]*\(\)' "$f" 2>/dev/null \
+    | sed 's/^[[:space:]]*//; s/[[:space:]]*().*$//' \
+    | sort -u || true
 }
 
 # Extract call-position identifiers that look like custom function calls:
diff --git a/bin/disinto b/bin/disinto
index 5fa230d..f0599ec 100755
--- a/bin/disinto
+++ b/bin/disinto
@@ -808,6 +808,14 @@ OPSEOF
 
   # Commit and push seed content
   if [ "$seeded" = true ] && [ -d "${ops_root}/.git" ]; then
+    # Auto-configure repo-local git identity if missing (#778)
+    if [ -z "$(git -C "$ops_root" config user.name 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
+      git -C "$ops_root" config user.name "disinto-admin"
+    fi
+    if [ -z "$(git -C "$ops_root" config user.email 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
+      git -C "$ops_root" config user.email "disinto-admin@localhost"
+    fi
+
     git -C "$ops_root" add -A
     if ! git -C "$ops_root" diff --cached --quiet 2>/dev/null; then
       git -C "$ops_root" commit -m "chore: seed ops repo structure" -q
@@ -947,6 +955,17 @@ preflight_check() {
     fi
   fi
 
+  # ── Git identity check ──
+  if command -v git &>/dev/null; then
+    local git_name git_email
+    git_name=$(git config user.name 2>/dev/null) || git_name=""
+    git_email=$(git config user.email 2>/dev/null) || git_email=""
+    if [ -z "$git_name" ] || [ -z "$git_email" ]; then
+      echo "Warning: git user.name/user.email not configured" >&2
+      echo "  Init will set a repo-local identity for ops commits" >&2
+    fi
+  fi
+
   # ── Optional tools (warn only) ──
   if ! command -v docker &>/dev/null; then
     echo "Warning: docker not found (needed for Forgejo provisioning)" >&2