git username password 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

Example 3: add credentials to git

git config user.name "your username"
git config user.password "your password"

Example 4: do a git clone with user name and password

git clone https://username:[email protected]/username/repository.git

Example 5: git save username and password

git config --global credential.helper store

Example 6: how to get git username and password

$ git config --global user.name "Mona Lisa"
$ git config --global user.name
$ mona