Git Configuration Levels

There are three configuration levels in gits.

• 1. System:

  • Command : git config -system
  • Saves to /etc/gitconfig, applies to all users.

• 2. Global:

  • Command : git config -global
  • Saves to ~/.gitconfig, applies to the current user.

• 3. Local:

  • Command : git config -local
  • Saves to .git/config in the repository.

User Setup Steps

Users must configure name and email for commits.

• Set user name.
• Set user email.

# locally : only for the current repo
git config user.name "Your Name"    
git config user.email "you@example.com"

# globally : applies to all repositories on  system
git config --global user.name "Your Name"   
git config --global user.email "you@example.com"  

Key Note

• Local overrides global, global overrides system level.
• For information releated to configuration : git config --list