Set Email and Username in the Specific Project in GIT

To check the global email and username set in Git, you can use the following commands:

  1. Check global username:

     git config --global user.name
    

  2. Check global email:

     git config --global user.email
    

    Set a specific email and username

    To set a specific email and username for the current project only in Git, you can configure Git at the repository level using the following commands. This allows you to use a different identity for a particular project without affecting your global Git configuration.

    Step 1: Navigate to Your Project Directory

    Open your terminal or command prompt and navigate to the directory of your project:

     cd open_source\keriderya
    

    Step 2: Set Local Git Username and Email

    To set the username and email for this specific project, use the following commands:

    1. Set the email for the current project:

       git config user.email "gayaresthird@gmail.com"
      

    2. Set the username for the current project:

       git config user.name "Thirdy Gayares"
      

Step 3: Verify the Local Configuration

To verify that the username and email are set correctly for the current project, run:

    git config --local --list

You should see something like:

    user.name=Thirdy Gayares
    user.email=gayaresthird@gmail.com

Explanation:

  • git config --local modifies the .git/config file within the current project. This ensures that the changes only affect the current project and do not alter the global settings.

  • Global settings can be checked by running git config --global --list, which contains the default username and email for all repositories unless overridden by local settings.

This way, Git will use the specified email and username for commits made in this project.