Configure git user information
Configures user information for git.
- Use
git config user.email <email>
to set the user's email for the current repository. - Use
git config user.name <name>
to set the user's name for the current repository. - You can use the
--global
flag to configure global user information.
git config [--global] user.email <email> git config [--global] user.name <name> # Examples git config user.email "cool.duck@qua.ck" git config user.name "Duck Quackers" # Configures user for current repository git config --global user.email "cool.duck@qua.ck" git config --global user.name "Duck Quackers" # Configures global git user