git config

Learn to view settings with git config.

The git config command

You manage Git's behavior and identity information using the git config command. To view all existing configuration settings in the terminal, the --list parameter is used.

git config --list

This command lists all defined settings, such as user name and email, line by line.

Reading a specific setting

Instead of scanning the whole list, you may want to check the value of a single setting. To do this, simply write the setting key after the git config command.

git config user.name

This command prints only the value corresponding to the specified key to the screen.

Exercise Query user name

Run the git config user.name command to display the preconfigured user name.

Show example solution

git config user.name "Deniz"
git config user.name

Test yourself

Which command is used to list all configuration settings stored in Git?
- git config --show
- git config --view
- git config --list
- git config --all
Show answer

git config --list — To view all saved settings in Git, the `git config --list` command is used.
List all settings
```
git config ____
```
Show answer
```
git config --list
```
Core concepts

git config

Manages Git settings
--list

Lists all settings
user.name

Stores user name
user.email

Stores email address

Next lesson: user.name and user.email

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