Global vs local configuration in Git - Interactive Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the command to set your user name globally in Git.

Git

git config --global user.name [1]

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

A--local

B"Your Name"

Cuser.email

Dinit

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using --local instead of --global

Forgetting quotes around the name

Using user.email instead of user.name

The git config --global user.name "Your Name" command sets your user name for all repositories on your computer.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the command to set your email only for the current Git repository.

Git

git config [1] user.email "[e-mail]"

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

Astatus

B--global

C--local

Dinit

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using --global instead of --local

Using unrelated commands like init or status

The --local option sets the configuration only for the current repository.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the command to check the global user name configuration.

Git

git config [1] user.name

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

A--global

Bset

C--local

Dget

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using --local instead of --global

Using 'set' or 'get' which are not valid flags here

To view the global user name, use git config --global user.name.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to list all Git configurations with their scope.

Git

git config --[1] --[2]

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

Alist

Bglobal

Clocal

Dedit

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Mixing up local and global

Using --edit instead of --list

The command git config --global --list shows all global configurations.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to set a local Git alias named 'co' for 'checkout'.

Git

git config [1] alias.[2] [3]

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

A--local

Bco

Ccheckout

D--global

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using --global instead of --local

Swapping alias name and command

Forgetting to use alias. prefix

Use git config --local alias.co checkout to create a local alias 'co' for 'checkout'.