set git username and 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 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: how to change username and password in git

# change the whole things in one go
git config --global credential.helper cache # to enable credentail helper
git config --global --edit

Example 6: git save username and password

git config --global credential.helper store