set username and password for git code example

Example 1: 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 2: git save username and password

git config --global credential.helper store

Example 3: git bash set global username and password

$ git config --list --show-origin