Git is a popular version control system used by developers to manage their code. When you make changes to a repository, Git tracks who made those changes. To do this, Git needs to know your user information, such as your name and email address. In this challenge, you will learn how to configure your user information for Git.
Skills Graph
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flowchart RL
git(("`Git`")) -.-> git/SetupandConfigGroup(["`Setup and Config`"])
git/SetupandConfigGroup -.-> git/config("`Set Configurations`")
subgraph Lab Skills
git/config -.-> lab-12626{{"`Configure Git User Information (Challenge)`"}}
end
Configure Git User Information
You have just started working on a new project and want to configure your user information for Git. You want to make sure that your name and email address are associated with any changes you make to the repository.
Tasks
For this challenge, we will be using the Git repository named https://github.com/labex-labs/git-playground. It has been cloned to ~/project/ on the VM.
Your task is to configure your user information for the Git repository. For example, if your email address is jane.doe@example.com and your name is Jane Doe.
Example
After completing the challenge, your can check your configuration by running the following command:
git config --list
It should display your user information, similar to the following:
Summary
Configuring your user information for Git is an important step in managing your code. By setting your name and email address, you can ensure that your changes are properly attributed to you. In this challenge, you learned how to configure your user information for a Git repository using the git config command.
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