Git - how to show username and email?

In this article, we would like to answer for the question: how to show username and email fot current configuration in Git.

Quick solution:

# shows username
git config user.name

# shows email
git config user.email

Hint: check section 2 and 3 to see difference between global and single repositiory configuration.

1. Overview

Depending on where and what command we run, we can get:

• global configuration,
• local configuration (single repository configuration).

The same Git configuration works under Windows, Linux and macOS.

2. Global username and email configuration

Simple steps:

1. Open command line, e.g. Git Bash,
2. Show username and email by typing:

   # shows username
   git config --global user.name
   
   # shows email
   git config --global user.email

Note: it returns always global configuration.

3. Local username and email configuration (current single repository)

Simple steps:

1. Open command line, e.g. Git Bash,
2. Change directory into specific repository directory,
   e.g. cd /path/to/reporitory,
3. Show username and email by typing:

   # shows username
   git config user.name
   
   # shows email
   git config user.email

Note: it returns always global configuration outside repository directory and local configuration inside repository directory.

See also

1. Git - how to set username and email?

References

1. Git config - Docs
2. Getting Started - First-Time Git Setup
3. Github - Setting your commit email address