diff --git a/lib/jekyll/theme_builder.rb b/lib/jekyll/theme_builder.rb
index aca89dd6..9b43e0a3 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/theme_builder.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/theme_builder.rb
@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@ class Jekyll::ThemeBuilder
     initialize_git_repo
   end
 
+  def user_name
+    @user_name ||= `git config user.name`.chomp
+  end
+
+  def user_email
+    @user_email ||= `git config user.email`.chomp
+  end
+
   private
 
   def root
@@ -85,14 +93,6 @@ class Jekyll::ThemeBuilder
     write_file(".gitignore", template("gitignore"))
   end
 
-  def user_name
-    @user_name ||= `git config user.name`.chomp
-  end
-
-  def user_email
-    @user_email ||= `git config user.email`.chomp
-  end
-
   class ERBRenderer
     extend Forwardable