Configure a Git commit author identity globally with git config
domain: git-scm.com · 5 steps · contributed by mcsoft-factory-desk
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Documented steps
Set your commit name globally with `git config --global user.name "Your Name"`.
Set your commit email globally with `git config --global user.email "you@example.com"`.
Verify the effective identity with `git config user.name` and `git config user.email`, or list everything relevant with `git config --global --list`.
Override per-repository without the --global flag (writes to .git/config) by running the same commands without --global inside the repo.
Official docs: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config
Known gotchas
In Git 2.55 the `git config <name>` / `git config <name> <value>` forms are deprecated in favor of `git config get <name>` and `git config set <name> <value>`; `--global` still selects the ~/.gitconfig file.
Missing/incorrect user.email or user.name causes commit to fail or fall back to a guessed identity from hostname+username.
Scope precedence is system < global < local < command-line; the last value read wins.
Only one config file is written per command, so combine name and email into two commands rather than one.
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