# config commands not working _Noobe question 2 messages from 2015-06-22 to 2015-06-23. Participants: Greg Ledger, Christian Couder. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/39698 ## Greg Ledger, 2015-06-22 23:31 Subject: config commands not working _Noobe question Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/D1AE04E1.1172A%25gledger%40glcdelivers.com ``` after adding git config ‹global user.name Greg Ledger and git config ‹global user.email gledger@glcdelivers.com, when I run: source ~/.gitconfig I get -bash: [user]: command not found -bash: name: command not found -bash: email: command not found -bash: [color]: command not found -bash: ui: command not found What gives? (I had to download xcode tools before I could do my first git init Greg Ledger Web Developer & E-Marketing Specialist | GLC 847.205.3125 gledger@glcdelivers.com www.glcdelivers.com ``` ## Christian Couder, 2015-06-23 03:05 Subject: Re: config commands not working _Noobe question Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAP8UFD30DciVRWXm74LDV4wRuVcDXZ59t_-vFy6pNVZVXbiAjQ%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 1:31 AM, Greg Ledger wrote: > after adding git config ‹global user.name Greg Ledger and git config > ‹global user.email gledger@glcdelivers.com, when I run: > source ~/.gitconfig The ~/.gitconfig file is not a shell script. You should not source it. It is a text file that is read by Git commands when those commands are run. ```