Git Config 101

Configuration

Optimize your Git workflow with a personalized global configuration, from setting user credentials to defining time-saving aliases, ensuring a seamless and efficient version control experience.

Set Your Name and Email Address

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git config --global user.name "Your Name"

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git config --global user.email "[email protected]"

Configure Line Endings

• For Windows users:

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git config --global core.autocrlf true

• For macOS and Linux users:

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git config --global core.autocrlf input

Default branch name

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git config --global init.defaultBranch main

Editor

• In this case I added Visual Studio Code as Code/Text Editor

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git config --global core.editor "code --wait"

Coloured Output

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git config --global color.ui auto

Pruning during fetch

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git config --global fetch.prune true

References

• https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config
• https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Customizing-Git-Git-Configuration
• https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/git-config-how-to-configure-git-settings