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Christopher Glikpo ⭐
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Configure git user information

Configures user information for git.

Use git config user.email <email> to set the user's email for the current repository.
Use git config user.name <name> to set the user's name for the current repository.
You can use the --global flag to configure global user information.

Shell

 git config [--global] user.email <email> git config [--global] user.name <name> 
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Example

git config user.email "example@gmail.com" git config user.name "Christopher Glikpo" # Configures user for current repository git config --global user.email "example@gmail.com" git config --global user.name "Christopher Glikpo" # Configures global git user 
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