git global config username and password code example

Example 1: git config username

$ git config --global user.name "John Doe"
$ git config --global user.email [email protected]

Example 2: git username

$ git config --global user.name
> "John Smith"

$ git config --global user.email 
> "[email protected]"

if you have configured multiple git users in your machine
$ git config --global user.name ### It will give name of git user who is globaly scoped
$ git config user.name ### It will give name of git user who has scope with respect to current repository

Example 3: git config username and password global

git config --global user.name "fname lname"
git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
git config --global user.password "secret"

Example 4: change global user name git

$ git config --global user.name "Mona Lisa"

Example 5: git bash set global username and password

$ git config --list --show-origin

Example 6: add username password git

$ git config --global credential.helper cache