Git - how to set username and email?

1. Overview

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.

2. Git - set global username and email configuration

1. Open command line (eg git bash)
2. Set your username:

   git config --global user.name "FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME"

3. Set your email address:

   git config --global user.email "OUR_NAME@example.com"

4. Verify your configuration by showing username and email

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

3. Git - set username and email configuration for single repository

1. Open command line (eg git bash) and change directory into specific repository
2. Set your username:

   git config user.name "FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME"

3. Set your email address:

   git config user.email "OUR_NAME@example.com"

4. Verify your configuration by showing username and email

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

References

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