User Configuration

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Setting your Git username for every repository on your computer

Lets check the config list

git config --list

Set a Global Git username:

git config --global user.name "<GitHub Username>"

Output:

root@OpsFusionLabs-Git-Server:~/opsfusionlabs# git config --global user.name "opsfusionlabs"
root@OpsFusionLabs-Git-Server:~/opsfusionlabs# git config user.name
opsfusionlabs
root@OpsFusionLabs-Git-Server:~/opsfusionlabs#

- Set a Global Git user email:

git config --global user.email "<Git Hub Email ID>"

Output:

root@OpsFusionLabs-Git-Server:~/opsfusionlabs# git config --global user.email "opsfusionlabs@gmail.com"
root@OpsFusionLabs-Git-Server:~/opsfusionlabs# git config user.email
opsfusionlabs@gmail.com

- Confirm that we have set the Git username and email correctly:

git config user.name && git config user.email

Output:

root@OpsFusionLabs-Git-Server:~/opsfusionlabs# git config user.name && git config user.email
opsfusionlabs
opsfusionlabs@gmail.com

Example:

git config --global user.name "opsfusionlabs"
git config --global user.email "opsfusionlabs@gmail.com"
git config --list