How to check or set username and email address in git using cmd
How to check or set username and email address in git using cmd
In this article, you will be learning how to set or check the username and email address in git using cmd (Command Prompt).
To Check username and email address of the specific git repository/folder (current workspace).
Check username
git config user.name
Check email address
git config user.email
To Set username and email address
There are 2 ways to set username and email address. So, 1st is current workspace or a project. 2nd is globally (to all the folders/repository).
1. Let's Set username or email for current workspace (specific repository)
Set / change username
git config user.name "your_name"
Set / change your email
git config user.email "your@email.com"
2. Let's Set username or email globally for all projects.
Check username
git config --global user.name "your_username"
Check email address
git config --global user.email "your_email"
List all variables set in the config file, along with their values.
git config --list
Thanks for reading.