gitlab failure to reconfigure after git user was made a NIS user.

gitlab-reconfigure.log

root@hera:/etc/gitlab# ./reconfigure
Starting Chef Client, version 11.12.2
Compiling Cookbooks...
Recipe: gitlab::default
  * directory[/etc/gitlab] action create (up to date)
[2014-10-01T14:30:26+01:00] WARN: Cloning resource attributes for directory[/var/opt/gitlab] from prior resource (CHEF-3694)
[2014-10-01T14:30:26+01:00] WARN: Previous directory[/var/opt/gitlab]: /opt/gitlab/embedded/cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/default.rb:40:in `from_file'
[2014-10-01T14:30:26+01:00] WARN: Current  directory[/var/opt/gitlab]: /opt/gitlab/embedded/cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/users.rb:23:in `from_file'
[2014-10-01T14:30:27+01:00] WARN: Cloning resource attributes for directory[/var/opt/gitlab/gitlab-rails/etc] from prior resource (CHEF-3694)
[2014-10-01T14:30:27+01:00] WARN: Previous directory[/var/opt/gitlab/gitlab-rails/etc]: /opt/gitlab/embedded/cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/gitlab-rails.rb:37:in `block in from_file'
[2014-10-01T14:30:27+01:00] WARN: Current  directory[/var/opt/gitlab/gitlab-rails/etc]: /opt/gitlab/embedded/cookbooks/gitlab/definitions/unicorn_config.rb:21:in `block in from_file'
[2014-10-01T14:30:27+01:00] WARN: Cloning resource attributes for service[unicorn] from prior resource (CHEF-3694)
[2014-10-01T14:30:27+01:00] WARN: Previous service[unicorn]: /opt/gitlab/embedded/cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/default.rb:60:in `block in from_file'
[2014-10-01T14:30:27+01:00] WARN: Current  service[unicorn]: /opt/gitlab/embedded/cookbooks/runit/definitions/runit_service.rb:191:in `block in from_file'
[2014-10-01T14:30:27+01:00] WARN: Cloning resource attributes for service[sidekiq] from prior resource (CHEF-3694)
[2014-10-01T14:30:27+01:00] WARN: Previous service[sidekiq]: /opt/gitlab/embedded/cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/default.rb:60:in `block in from_file'
[2014-10-01T14:30:27+01:00] WARN: Current  service[sidekiq]: /opt/gitlab/embedded/cookbooks/runit/definitions/runit_service.rb:191:in `block in from_file'
Converging 152 resources
  * directory[/etc/gitlab] action nothing (skipped due to action :nothing)
  * directory[/var/opt/gitlab] action create (up to date)
Recipe: gitlab::users
  * directory[/var/opt/gitlab] action create (up to date)
  * group[git] action create (up to date)
  * user[git] action create
================================================================================
Error executing action `create` on resource 'user[git]'
================================================================================


Mixlib::ShellOut::ShellCommandFailed
------------------------------------
Expected process to exit with [0], but received '6'
---- Begin output of ["usermod", "-g", "10032", "-s", "/bin/sh", "git"] ----
STDOUT:
STDERR: usermod: user 'git' does not exist in /etc/passwd
---- End output of ["usermod", "-g", "10032", "-s", "/bin/sh", "git"] ----
Ran ["usermod", "-g", "10032", "-s", "/bin/sh", "git"] returned 6


Resource Declaration:
---------------------
# In /opt/gitlab/embedded/cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/users.rb

 33: user gitlab_username do
 34:   shell node['gitlab']['user']['shell']
 35:   home gitlab_home
 36:   uid node['gitlab']['user']['uid']
 37:   gid gitlab_group
 38: end
 39:



Compiled Resource:
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# Declared in /opt/gitlab/embedded/cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/users.rb:33:in `from_file'

user("git") do
  action :create
  supports {:manage_home=>false, :non_unique=>false}
  retries 0
  retry_delay 2
  guard_interpreter :default
  username "git"
  gid 10032
  home "/var/opt/gitlab"
  shell "/bin/sh"
  cookbook_name :gitlab
  recipe_name "users"
end




Running handlers:
[2014-10-01T14:30:29+01:00] ERROR: Running exception handlers
Running handlers complete

[2014-10-01T14:30:29+01:00] ERROR: Exception handlers complete
[2014-10-01T14:30:29+01:00] FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to /opt/gitlab/embedded/cookbooks/cache/chef-stacktrace.out
Chef Client failed. 0 resources updated in 5.932572323 seconds
[2014-10-01T14:30:29+01:00] ERROR: user[git] (gitlab::users line 33) had an error: Mixlib::ShellOut::ShellCommandFailed: Expected process to exit with [0], but received '6'
---- Begin output of ["usermod", "-g", "10032", "-s", "/bin/sh", "git"] ----
STDOUT:
STDERR: usermod: user 'git' does not exist in /etc/passwd
---- End output of ["usermod", "-g", "10032", "-s", "/bin/sh", "git"] ----
Ran ["usermod", "-g", "10032", "-s", "/bin/sh", "git"] returned 6
[2014-10-01T14:30:29+01:00] FATAL: Chef::Exceptions::ChildConvergeError: Chef run process exited unsuccessfully (exit code 1)

Same issue. We wanted to test using GitLab for our office but this is stopping us.

Having same issue.