Step 1 : Install Git & Verify Git Installation

1. Before configuring Git, you must install Git on your system.
2. Click Here for deep steps of Git Installation

Step 2 : Configure Git Username & Email (Mandatory)

1. Git requires your username and email to associate commits with your identity.
2. Set Global Username:
   git config --global user.name "Your Name"
3. Set Global Email:
   git config --global user.email "your-email@example.com"

Step 3: Verify Your Git Configuration

1. To check if the details are set correctly, run:
   git config --global --list
2. Output Example:
   user.name=Your Name
user.email=your-email@example.com
core.editor=whatever code editor you have selected

Image showing Git Configurations

Remove only user.name and user.email settings :-

• git config --global --unset user.name
git config --global --unset user.email

Delete .gitconfig file :-

• rm ~/.gitconfig
• It will delete the .gitconfig file from C:\Users\PcName location

Configure Default Text Editor for Git :-

• By default, Git may use Vim as the editor. If you prefer another editor, then you can use below commands:
• git config --global core.editor "vim" - For Vim
• git config --global core.editor "code --wait" - For VS Code
• git config --global core.editor "notepad" - For windows notepad

Open Git Editor for Editing Configuration :-

• git config --global --edit
• This will open the Git global configuration file (.gitconfig) in the editor.

Set Default Git Branch Name (Recommended) :-

• By default, Git used to create a branch named "master" for new repositories, but now it recommends using "main" instead. Set it with:
• git config --global init.defaultBranch main

Set Up Git Caching for Credentials (Optional but Useful) :-

• If you use GitHub and don't want to enter our password each time, enable credential caching:
• git config --global credential.helper cache