git config set username and password code example
Example 1: add git user and email
git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
git config --global user.name "My Name"
Example 2: 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 3: set email git
git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
Example 4: set username git
git config --global user.name "My Name"
Example 5: 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 6: git save username and password
git config --global credential.helper store