Summary - Configuration

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.

Exercise Global identity configuration

Configure the global user name as "Baris Arda" and global email as "baris@example.com". Then print both values sequentially.

Show example 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.email

Test yourself

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"
- git config user.email --all "dev@test.com"
- git config email "dev@test.com"
Show answer

git config --global user.email "dev@test.com" — To assign an email address valid across all projects, the `git config --global user.email` command is used.

Global name assignment

git config --global ____ "Elif Yurt"

Show answer

git config --global user.name "Elif Yurt"

Configuration matching

git config --list

Dumps all settings
git config user.name

Reads registered name
--global kapsamı

User-level effect
--local kapsamı

Repository-level effect

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