git user.name user.email
git config --global user.name "Your Name"
git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
git user.name user.email
git config --global user.name "Your Name"
git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
add git user and email
git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
git config --global user.name "My Name"
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
git config username
$ git config --global user.name "John Doe"
$ git config --global user.email [email protected]
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
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