# Introduction <div class="alert alert-warning" role="alert"> <p>๐งโ๐ป New to Git or LabEx? We recommend starting with the <b><a style="color: unset;text-decoration: underline;" href="https://labex.io/courses/quick-start-with-git" target="_blank">Quick Start with Git</a></b> course.</p> </div> Git is a popular version control system that allows developers to track changes in their codebase. Git configuration file is a file that contains settings that affect the behavior of Git. In this lab, you will learn how to edit the Git configuration file using the Git text editor.
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