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charlieok committed Aug 16, 2008
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### Git Config ###

The first thing you're going to want to do is to setup your name and
email address for Git to use to sign your commits.
The first thing you're going to want to do is set up your name and email
address for Git to use to sign your commits.

$ git config --global user.name "Scott Chacon"
$ git config --global user.email "schacon@gmail.com"

That will setup a file in your home directory that stores your name and email
in any Git project where it's not overridden. By default that file is *~/.gitconfig*
and the contents will then look like this:
That will set up a file in your home directory which may be used by any of
your projects. By default that file is *~/.gitconfig* and the contents will
look like this:

[user]
name = Scott Chacon
email = schacon@gmail.com
If you want to override those values for a specific project (change to using a
work email address, for example), you can run the *git config* command without
the *--global* option while in that project.
If you want to override those values for a specific project (to use a work
email address, for example), you can run the *git config* command without the
*--global* option while in that project. This will add a [user] section like
the one shown above to the *.git/config* file in your project's root
directory.

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