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git config --system vs git config --global

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In this short article we would like to explain the difference between git config --system and git config --global.

Quick answer:

--system sets/gets configurations for entire operating system,

--global sets/gets configurations for logged in user account in the operating system.

From git-config documentation:

CommandDescription
--systemFor writing options: write to system-wide $(prefix)/etc/gitconfig rather than the repository .git/config.
--global

For writing options: write to global ~/.gitconfig file rather than the repository .git/config, write to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config file if this file exists and the ~/.gitconfig file doesn’t.

For reading options: read only from global ~/.gitconfig and from $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config rather than from all available files.

Read more

  1. https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config - official git-config documentation
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