change git config username and email 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: git user email
git config --global user.name "John Smith"
git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
Example 4: 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 5: configure git username and email
git config --global user.name "Your Name"git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
Example 6: change git username and email
$ git config --global user.email "[email protected]"