git username code example

Example 1: git user.name user.email

git config --global user.name "Your Name"
git config --global user.email "[email protected]"

Example 2: git config username

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

Example 3: add git user and email

git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
git config --global user.name "My Name"

Example 4: 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 5: set email git

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

Example 6: get git username and email

git config user.name
git config user.email