git config
Manage custom configuration options for Git repositories. These configurations can be local (for the current repository) or global (for the current user). More information: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config.
- Globally set your name or email (this information is required to commit to a repository and will be included in all commits):
git config --global {{user.name|user.email}} "{{Your Name|email@example.com}}"
- List local or global configuration entries:
git config --list --{{local|global}}
- List only system configuration entries (stored in
/etc/gitconfig
), and show their file location:
git config --list --system --show-origin
- Get the value of a given configuration entry:
git config alias.unstage
- Set the global value of a given configuration entry:
git config --global alias.unstage "reset HEAD --"
- Revert a global configuration entry to its default value:
git config --global --unset alias.unstage
- Edit the local Git configuration (
.git/config
) in the default editor:
git config --edit
- Edit the global Git configuration (
~/.gitconfig
by default or$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config
if such a file exists) in the default editor:
git config --global --edit