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git for Windows: notes from the field

Git for Windows
Git for Windows

Download link

https://git-scm.com/download/win

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Configuration

There are three levels of configuation: system, global, and local.

Config file location
    --system              use system config file
    --global              use global config file
    --local               use repository config file
C:\Users\tuyendq>git config --global user.name "Tuyen Dang"

C:\Users\tuyendq>git config --global user.email tuyendq@company.com

C:\Users\tuyendq>git config --global core.editor "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe' -multiInst -nosession"

C:\Users\tuyendq>git config --list
core.symlinks=false
core.autocrlf=true
color.diff=auto
color.status=auto
color.branch=auto
color.interactive=true
help.format=html
http.sslcainfo=C:/Program Files/Git/mingw64/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt
sendemail.smtpserver=/bin/msmtp.exe
diff.astextplain.textconv=astextplain
rebase.autosquash=true
credential.helper=manager
user.name=Tuyen Dang
user.email=tuyendq@company.com
core.editor='C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe' -multiInst -nosession

C:\Users\tuyendq> 
git config --global init.defaultBranch main
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