Git

Config Commands

Customize Git to match your workflow. Configure user settings, create aliases, set up credential helpers, and optimize Git's behavior with system, global, and local configurations.

10 commands

Pro Tips

Set up useful aliases like 'git config --global alias.co checkout' for faster typing.

Use 'git config --global core.editor "code --wait"' to set VS Code as your default editor.

Configure 'git config --global pull.rebase true' to make pull rebase by default, avoiding merge commits.

Common Mistakes

Be careful with --system configs - they affect all users on the machine. Usually --global is what you want.

Don't store credentials in plain text config files. Use credential helpers or SSH keys instead.

Commands

Set user name

$ git config --global user.name "Your Name"

Set global git username.

Set user email

$ git config --global user.email "email@example.com"

Set global git email.

Set default editor

$ git config --global core.editor vim

Set default text editor.

Set default branch

$ git config --global init.defaultBranch main

Set default branch for new repos.

Enable autostash on rebase

$ git config --global rebase.autoStash true

Auto-stash before rebase.

Set pull to rebase

$ git config --global pull.rebase true

Default pull to rebase instead of merge.

List all config

$ git config --list

Show all git configuration.

Create alias

$ git config --global alias.co checkout

Create git command alias.

Set GPG signing key

$ git config --global user.signingkey <key-id>

Configure GPG key for signing.

Enable auto signing

$ git config --global commit.gpgsign true

Auto-sign all commits with GPG.

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