set global username and email git code example
Example 1: get git username and email
git config user.name
git config user.email
Example 2: add email to git config
To set your global username/email configuration:
Open the command line.
Set your username:
git config --global user.name "FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME"
Set your email address:
git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
To set repository-specific username/email configuration:
From the command line, change into the repository directory.
Set your username:
git config user.name "FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME"
Set your email address:
git config user.email "[email protected]"
Verify your configuration by displaying your configuration file:
cat .git/config
Example 3: change global user name git
$ git config --global user.name "Mona Lisa"
Example 4: How to check git config username?
git config user.name