Configure Git User Information (Challenge)

Introduction

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.

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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.

1. Navigate to the cloned repository.
2. Set your user information for the repository. For example, if your email address is jane.doe@example.com and your name is Jane Doe.
3. Verify that your user information has been set correctly by using the following command: git config --list.

This is the result after completing the challenge:

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.