How to Configure Git Username and Email Address

Configure your Git username/email

1. Open the command line.
2. Set your username: git config --global user.name "FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME"
3. Set your email address: git config --global user.email "[email protected]"

1. How do I find my git username and email?
2. How do I set Git credentials?
3. What is git config user name?
4. How do I change local Git username?
5. How do I find my git config details?
6. How do I check Git credentials?
7. How do I change my git username and password?
8. How do I check Git credentials in Windows?
9. How do I reset my git username and password?
10. How do I change my git config username?
11. How do I create a git config?
12. How do I open a git config file?

How do I find my git username and email?

1. 1) The `git config` command. Here's the git config command: git config user.name. ...
2. 2) The `git config --list` command. Another way to show your Git username is with this git config command: git config --list. ...
3. 3) Look in your Git configuration file.

How do I set Git credentials?

You can individually config for each repo by doing:

1. open terminal at the repo folder.
2. run the following: git config user.name "your username" git config user.password "your password"

What is git config user name?

Git allows you to set a global and per-project username and email address. You can set or change your git identity using the git config command. Changes only affect future commits. The name and email associated with the commits you made prior to the change are not affected.

How do I change local Git username?

1. In your terminal, navigate to the repo you want to make the changes in.
2. Execute git config --list to check current username & email in your local repo.
3. Change username & email as desired. Make it a global change or specific to the local repo: git config [--global] user.name "Full Name" ...
4. Done!

How do I find my git config details?

Checking Your Settings

If you want to check your configuration settings, you can use the git config --list command to list all the settings Git can find at that point: $ git config --list user.name=John Doe [email protected] color.status=auto color.branch=auto color.interactive=auto color.diff=auto ...

How do I check Git credentials?

In the shell, enter git credential-osxkeychain . You should see something like this: Usage: git credential-osxkeychain <get|store|erase> . If you do not, follow step 2 on the GitHub help page. Once you've confirmed you have the credential helper, enter git config --global credential.

How do I change my git username and password?

1. In your terminal, navigate to the repo you want to make the changes in.
2. Execute git config --list to check current username & email in your local repo.
3. Change username & email as desired. Make it a global change or specific to the local repo: git config [--global] user.name "Full Name" ...
4. Done!

How do I check Git credentials in Windows?

Or finding it via the Control Panel -> Manage Windows Credentials. Go to Windows Credentials -> Generic Credentials. Here your credential should be listed if everything is working correctly. Git should add it by default the first time you log in to a new repository.

How do I reset my git username and password?

Go to Control Panel > User Accounts > Credential Manager > Windows Credentials. You will see Git credentials in the list (e.g. git:https://). Click on it, update the password, and execute git pull/push command from your Git bash and it won't throw any more error messages.

How do I change my git config username?

Configure your Git username/email

1. Open the command line.
2. Set your username: git config --global user.name "FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME"
3. Set your email address: git config --global user.email "[email protected]"

How do I create a git config?

config/git/config ) file, which is specific to each user. You can make Git read and write to this file by passing the --global option. Finally, Git looks for configuration values in the configuration file in the Git directory ( . git/config ) of whatever repository you're currently using.

How do I open a git config file?

1. Open a terminal of your choice. You can also use the shortcut key Ctrl+Alt+T to open a terminal.
2. In your terminal type : git config --global --edit It will open your global configuration file of git in your default editor.
3. Change the Settings that you want.