linkGit Configuration

Your git configuration file is usually kept in your $HOME directory.

For example, on a MacOSX/Linux machine this is stored in ~/.gitconfig

linkSet up your username / email address

1link$git config --global user.name "[name]"

2link$git config --global user.email "[email address]"

linkEnable helpful colorization of command line output

1link$git config --global color.ui auto

linkSet your default editor

1link$git config --global core.editor "vim"

linkCheck your current git configuration

1link$git config --list --show-origin

2link$# Query specific setting

3link$git config user.name

linkSet 'main' as default branch name from 'master'

1link$git config --global init.defaultBranch main