The git config command is a convenience function that is used to set Git configuration values on a global or local project level. These configuration levels correspond to .gitconfig text files.

To know the username, type: git config user.name To know the email, type: git config user.email These two output just the name and email respectively and one doesn't need to look through the whole list. …

1787 Update 2016: with git 2.8 (March 2016), you can simply use: git config --list --show-origin And with Git 2.26 (Q1 2020), you can add a --show-scope option git config --list --show-origin --show-scope …

git config --global user.email "[email protected]" I guess the reason it complains about the lack of a section is that the name of the parameter to set probably needs to be in two parts: …

Git comes with a tool called git config that lets you configure variables that control all the aspects of how git will operate. git config holds its value between upgrades. So, you need to set it only once. …

Mar 4, 2021 · I am trying to modify the config file from the git terminal, for this, inside the repository, I have launched the command git global --edit. An editor opens within the same terminal, my problem …

Conclusion So while you can't change the default behaviour for all future clones of a repository, you can change the default for all of the current user's (existing and future) repositories via git config --global …

git config is used to query or set configuration options for git. The git scm book has a discussion on common options you might be interested in, and they're all discussed in the man page (man git …

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Jul 18, 2017 · Execute git config --list to check current username & email in your local repo. Change username & email as desired. Make it a global change or specific to the local repo: git config --global …