Git configuration (user.name, user.email) - Mini Project: Build & Apply

Git configuration (user.name, user.email)

📖 Scenario: You have just installed Git on your computer. Before you start saving your work, you need to tell Git who you are. This helps Git keep track of who made changes in projects.

🎯 Goal: Set up your Git user name and email address so that your commits are properly identified.

📋 What You'll Learn

Use the git config command to set your user name

Use the git config command to set your user email

Verify the configuration settings

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

Every time you make changes in a project, Git records who made those changes using your configured user name and email.

💼 Career

Knowing how to configure Git user details is essential for collaborating on code in teams and contributing to open source projects.

1

Set your Git user name

Use the command git config --global user.name "Alice Johnson" to set your Git user name to exactly "Alice Johnson".

Git

# Use git config to set user.name to "Alice Johnson"
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Remember to include the exact name with quotes.

2

Set your Git user email

Use the command git config --global user.email "[e-mail]" to set your Git user email to exactly "[e-mail]".

Git

git config --global user.name "Alice Johnson"
# Use git config to set user.email to "[e-mail]"
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use the exact email address with quotes.

3

Check your Git configuration

Use the command git config --global --list to display your current global Git configuration settings.

Git

git config --global user.name "Alice Johnson"
git config --global user.email "[e-mail]"
# Use git config --global --list to show your settings
# Your code here

Need a hint?

This command shows all your global Git settings.

4

View the configured user name and email

Run the command git config --global user.name and then git config --global user.email to print your configured user name and email separately.

Git

git config --global user.name "Alice Johnson"
git config --global user.email "[e-mail]"
git config --global --list
# Run git config --global user.name and git config --global user.email to print each
# Your code here

Need a hint?

These commands print your user name and email on separate lines.