Summary - Configuration
- Git course
- Beginner
- Lesson 16/80
- 5 min
Combine config settings to verify the correct author info.
Configuration summary
In Git configuration, user.name and user.email settings determine who authored the changes. The --global option defines a general identity for your entire machine, while --local provides repo-specific settings.
git config --global user.name "Name"
git config --global user.email "email@domain.com"You can check all configured settings anytime with git config --list.
Practice Global identity configuration
Configure the global user name as "Baris Arda" and global email as "baris@example.com". Then print both values sequentially.
Starter code
# Global ad ve e-posta ayarlarını yap ve ekrana yazdırSample solution
git config --global user.name "Baris Arda"
git config --global user.email "baris@example.com"
git config --global user.name
git config --global user.emailExpected output
Baris Arda baris@example.com
Questions and answers
Review the lesson questions together with their answers. To test yourself, solve the lesson interactively.
1 Which command is used to define an email address that applies to all projects in Git?
- git config --local user.email "dev@test.com"
- git config --global user.email "dev@test.com" Correct answer
- git config user.email --all "dev@test.com"
- git config email "dev@test.com"
Explanation: To assign an email address valid across all projects, the `git config --global user.email` command is used.
2 Global name assignment
git config --global ____ "Elif Yurt"git config --global user.name "Elif Yurt"Explanation: The standard Git key used to define the user name is `user.name`.
3 Configuration matching
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
git config --list |
Dumps all settings |
git config user.name |
Reads registered name |
--global kapsamı |
User-level effect |
--local kapsamı |
Repository-level effect |