====== Ubuntu - GIT - Configure GIT ======

===== Configure GIT so that commit messages generated for you will contain your correct information =====

The easiest way of doing this is through the **git config** command.  You need to provide your name and email address because Git embeds this information into each commit you do.  

<code bash>
git config --global user.name "Your Name"
git config --global user.email "youremail@domain.com"
</code>

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You can see all of the configuration items that have been set by typing:

<code bash>
git config --list
</code>

returns:

<code bash>
user.name=Your Name
user.email=youremail@domain.com
</code>

As you can see, this has a slightly different format.

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The information is stored in your Git configuration file, which you can optionally edit by hand with a text editor:

<code bash>
vi ~/.gitconfig
</code>

<file git ~/.gitconfig>
[user]
    name = Your Name
    email = youremail@domain.com
</file>
    
There are many other options that you can set, but these are the two essential ones needed to prevent warnings in the future.