git config user.name gitlab 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