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Git Config Guide for Developers

This document summarizes various commands for configuring Git such as git config -l to list configuration variables, git config --edit to edit configuration files, git config --global to set global user configuration like email and name, and git config --local to set repository-specific configuration. It also covers using git config to set username and password, setting the default branch, replacing or removing configuration values, and preventing repeated username/password prompts.

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Git Config Guide for Developers

This document summarizes various commands for configuring Git such as git config -l to list configuration variables, git config --edit to edit configuration files, git config --global to set global user configuration like email and name, and git config --local to set repository-specific configuration. It also covers using git config to set username and password, setting the default branch, replacing or removing configuration values, and preventing repeated username/password prompts.

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Github Config

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--list
● List all variables set in config file.
● git config -l
● git config --list

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--edit
● Opens an editor to modify the specified config file; either --
system, --global, or repository (default).
● git config --edit
● git config --global --edit
● git commit --amend --reset-author

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--global
● For reading options: read only from global ~/.gitconfig and
from $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config rather than from all
available files.
●

● git config --global [Link] "you@[Link]"


● git config --global [Link] "Your Name"
● git config --global [Link] "your password"

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--global 2nd method
● git config [--global] [Link] "Your Name"
● git config [--global] [Link] "email@[Link]"
● git config [--global] [Link] "Your Password"

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--local
● For writing options: write to the repository .git/config file.
This is the default behavior.
● For reading options: read only from the repository .git/config
rather than from all available files.
●

● git config --local [Link] "you@[Link]"


● git config --local [Link] "Your Name"
● git config --local [Link] "your password"

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config-file
● git config [Link] "you@[Link]"
● git config [Link] "Your Name"
● git config [Link] "your password"

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github asking for username and password on
every push
● github asking for username and password on every push
● git config --global [Link] store

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Config Branch
● git config --global [Link] <name>
● git config --global [Link] main

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--replace-all
● Default behavior is to replace at most one line. This replaces
all lines matching the key (and optionally the value_regex).
●

● git config --global --replace-all [Link] "Your New Name"


● git config --global --replace-all [Link] "Your new email"
●

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--unset
● Remove the line matching the key from config file.
●

● git config --global --unset [Link]


● git config --global --unset [Link]
● git config --global --unset [Link]

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--unset-all
● Remove all lines matching the key from config file.
●

● git config --global --unset-all [Link]


● git config --global --unset-all [Link]
● git config --global --unset-all [Link]

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