How to setup git username / email

When working with a git repository, commits have a name and email attached to them. This post explains how to update these values.

On a mac: open a terminal session and run the following commands.

All Repos

git config --global user.name "FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME"
git config --global user.email "MY_NAME@example.com"

Single Repo

git config user.name "FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME"
git config user.email "MY_NAME@example.com"

Check settings from git

git config user.name 
git config user.email

Check settings from config file

cat .git/config