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Setting your username in Git

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Git uses a username to associate commits with an identity. The Git username is not the same as your GitHub username. You can change the name that is associated with your Git commits using the  git config  command. The new name you set will be visible in any future commits you push to GitHub from the command line. If you’d like to keep your real name private, you can use any text as your Git username. Changing the name associated with your Git commits using  git config  will only affect future commits and will not change the name used for past commits. Setting your Git username for  every  repository on your computer Open  Git Bash . Set a Git username: $ git config --global user.name " Mona Lisa " Confirm that you have set the Git username correctly: $ git config --global user.name > Mona Lisa Setting your Git username for a single repository Open  Git Bash . Change the current working directory to the local repository whe...
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Setting your username in Git

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Git uses a username to associate commits with an identity. The Git username is not the same as your GitHub username. You can change the name that is associated with your Git commits using the  git config  command. The new name you set will be visible in any future commits you push to GitHub from the command line. If you'd like to keep your real name private, you can use any text as your Git username. Changing the name associated with your Git commits using  git config  will only affect future commits and will not change the name used for past commits. Setting your Git username for  every  repository on your computer Open  Git Bash . Set a Git username: $ git config --global user.name " Mona Lisa " Confirm that you have set the Git username correctly: $ git config --global user.name > Mona Lisa Setting your Git username for a single repository Open  Git Bash . Change the current working directory to the local repository where you want to configure the name tha...
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