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Files used by git config (Re: Challenge with Git-Bash)

From
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 18, 2010, 18:16 UTC
Message-ID
<20100718181619.GA14367@burratino>
In-Reply-To
<008a01cb26a4$4313e360$c93baa20$@gmx.net>
Hi again,
Rainer Lauer wrote:
> Where is following information stored?
> Command:  git config --global user.name="Rainer Lauer".

I recommend looking that the user manual[1] to start out. It has a few relevant hints.

From the preface:
	Comprehensive reference documentation is available
	through the man pages, or git-help(1) command. For
	example, for the command "git clone <repo>", you can
	either use:
	$ man git-clone
	or:
	$ git help clone
From the start to “chapter 3: developing with git”:
	Before creating any commits, you should introduce
	yourself to git. The easiest way to do so is to make sure
	the following lines appear in a file named .gitconfig in
	your home directory:
	[user]
		name = Your Name Comes Here
		email = you@yourdomain.example.com
	(See the "CONFIGURATION FILE" section of git-config(1)
	for details on the configuration file.)

Regards, Jonathan

[1] http://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/user-manual.html
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Message 6 of 9 in “Challenge with Git-Bash”
  1. Rainer LauerJul 17, 2010
  2. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJul 17, 2010
  3. Jonathan NiederJul 17, 2010
  4. AW: Challenge with Git-BashRainer Lauer, Jul 18, 2010
  5. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJul 18, 2010
  6. Files used by git config (Re: Challenge with Git-Bash)Jonathan Nieder, Jul 18, 2010
  7. Eric RaibleJul 19, 2010
  8. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJul 18, 2010
  9. AW: Challenge with Git-BashRainer Lauer, Jul 18, 2010

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