Configuring GIT

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To ensure GIT is installed on the machine type following on command prompt. It should show you version:

  • GIT –version

Set your Name and Email for GIT using following commands:

  • git config –global user.name “YourName”
  • git config –global user.email “youremail@somedomain.com”

To verify the configuration, type

  • git config –list

Or simply a single configuration by

  • git config user.name
  • git config user.email

This information is stored in file .gitconfig in user’s root folder.

To set the Editor:

  • git config –global core.editor “notepad.exe”

To set UI color

  • git config –global color.ui true

Auto-Completion feature is already installed in Windows but need to be installed on linux and mac. It can be downloaded from https://github.com/git/git

For exploring git use

  • git help
  • git help log

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