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Janardhan Pulivarthi
Janardhan Pulivarthi

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short tutorial on git config

#git #tutorial

Here is the starter config file.

you can open this with git config -e for any specific repository

[core] repositoryformatversion = 0 filemode = false bare = false logallrefupdates = true symlinks = false ignorecase = true [remote "origin"] url = https://github.com/j143/tcp fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/* [branch "main"] remote = origin merge = refs/heads/main [user] name = John Person email = jp@example.com [credential "https://github"] com = j143 [credential] helper = store [branch "show-tcp-syn-ack"] remote = origin merge = refs/heads/show-tcp-syn-ack
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credential

these lines control which credential to use

[credential "https://github"] com = j143 [credential] helper = store
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author

author details

[user] name = John Person email = jp@example.com
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Remote repository for example GitHub

How to reference a git server

[remote "origin"] url = https://github.com/j143/tcp fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/* [branch "main"] remote = origin merge = refs/heads/main
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Janardhan Pulivarthi •

if you are not comfortable with vi editor, you can use vscode editor to edit config.

git config --global core.editor "code --wait"