Git - how to set username and email?

Usually we configure global username and email address after installing Git.

We can also set configuration for single specific repository.

In this post we cover both configurations:

1. global (all repositories)
2. single repository

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

1. Open command line (eg git bash)
2. Set your username:
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   git config --global user.name "FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME"
3. Set your email address:
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   git config --global user.email "OUR_NAME@example.com"
4. Verify your configuration by showing username and email
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   # show username

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   git config user.name

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   # show email

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   git config user.email

1. Open command line (eg git bash) and change directory into specific repository
2. Set your username:
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   git config user.name "FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME"
3. Set your email address:
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   git config user.email "OUR_NAME@example.com"
4. Verify your configuration by showing username and email
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   # show username

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   git config user.name

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   # show email

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   git config user.email

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