Git configuration (user.name, user.email) - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the command to set your Git user name globally.

Git

git config --global user.name [1]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A"John Doe"

Buser.email

C--global

Dcommit

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Forgetting to use quotes around the user name.

Using user.email instead of user.name.

Omitting the --global flag.

The correct command to set the user name globally is: git config --global user.name "John Doe". The user name must be a string in quotes.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the command to set your Git email globally.

Git

git config --global user.email [1]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

AJohn Doe

B--local

C"[e-mail]"

Duser.name

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using user.name instead of user.email.

Not using quotes around the email.

Using --local instead of --global.

The correct command to set the user email globally is: git config --global user.email "[e-mail]". The email must be a string in quotes.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the command to set the user name globally.

Git

git config --global user.name [1]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

AJohn Doe

B"John Doe"

[e-mail]

Duser.email

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using the email instead of the name.

Not using quotes around the name with spaces.

Using user.email instead of user.name.

The user name must be a string in quotes. Without quotes, the command will fail if the name contains spaces.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to list your Git configuration for user name and email.

Git

git config --get [1] && git config --get [2]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

Auser.name

Buser.email

C--global

Duser.password

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using --global instead of the key names.

Using user.password which is not a valid config key.

Mixing up user.name and user.email.

The commands git config --get user.name and git config --get user.email show the configured user name and email.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to set your Git user name and email locally, then verify the email.

Git

git config [1] user.name [2] && git config [1] user.email [3] && git config --get user.email

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A--local

B"Jane Smith"

C"[e-mail]"

D--global

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using --global instead of --local for local config.

Not quoting the name or email.

Not verifying the email after setting.

Use --local to set config for the current repo only. Provide the user name and email in quotes. Then verify with git config --get user.email.