{"thread":{"id":"39698","subject":"config commands not working _Noobe question","startedAt":"2015-06-22T23:31:00Z","lastAt":"2015-06-23T03:05:19Z","messageCount":2,"participants":["Greg Ledger","Christian Couder"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"264610","messageId":"D1AE04E1.1172A%gledger@glcdelivers.com","threadId":"39698","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"config commands not working _Noobe question","fromName":"Greg Ledger","fromEmail":"gledger@glcdelivers.com","sentAt":"2015-06-22T23:31:00Z","receivedAt":"2015-06-22T23:31:00Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"gledger@glcdelivers.com","avatar":null},"body":"after adding git config ‹global user.name Greg Ledger and git config\n‹global user.email gledger@glcdelivers.com, when I run:\nsource ~/.gitconfig I get\n\n-bash: [user]: command not found\n-bash: name: command not found\n-bash: email: command not found\n-bash: [color]: command not found\n-bash: ui: command not found\n\nWhat gives? (I had to download xcode tools before I could do my first git\ninit\n\nGreg Ledger \nWeb Developer & E-Marketing Specialist | GLC\n847.205.3125 \ngledger@glcdelivers.com\nwww.glcdelivers.com <http://www.glcdelivers.com>\n"},{"id":"264612","messageId":"CAP8UFD30DciVRWXm74LDV4wRuVcDXZ59t_-vFy6pNVZVXbiAjQ@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"39698","inReplyTo":"D1AE04E1.1172A%gledger@glcdelivers.com","subject":"Re: config commands not working _Noobe question","fromName":"Christian Couder","fromEmail":"christian.couder@gmail.com","sentAt":"2015-06-23T03:05:19Z","receivedAt":"2015-06-23T03:05:19Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"christian.couder@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/208954?v=4"},"body":"On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 1:31 AM, Greg Ledger <gledger@glcdelivers.com> wrote:\n> after adding git config ‹global user.name Greg Ledger and git config\n> ‹global user.email gledger@glcdelivers.com, when I run:\n> source ~/.gitconfig\n\nThe ~/.gitconfig file is not a shell script. You should not source it.\nIt is a text file that is read by Git commands when those commands are run.\n"}]}