Configure Git

• config

There are three levels of configuration: System (–system) User (–global) Project (–local)

$ git config …

On Unix

• /etc/gitconfig
• $HOME/.gitconfig (/home/foobar/.gitconfig)
• .git/config

On Windows

• “c:\Program Files (x86)\Git\etc\gitconfig”
• %HOMEPATH%.gitconfig %USERPROFILE%.gitconfig (C:\Users\Foobar.gitconfig)
• .git/config

To access them use

--system
--global
--local

Samples:

$ git config --global --add user.name "Foo Bar"
$ git config --global --add user.email foo@bar.com

$ git config --list
$ git config --list --global
$ git config user.name      # to see specific value