GIT Configuration

GitHub uses your commit email address to associate commits with your account on GitHub. You can choose the email address that will be associated with the commits you push from the command line as well as web-based Git operations you make.

GIT global Email & Name

You can use the git config command to change the email address you associate with your Git commits. The new email address you set will be visible in any future commits you push to GitHub.com from the command line. Any commits you made prior to changing your commit email address are still associated with your previous email address.

Windows
macOS
Linux/Unix

Open Git Bash
Set an email address in Git. You can use any email address.
Configuring Global Email Address
```
git config --global user.email "YOUR_EMAIL"
```
tip
Make sure to use the Primary Email Address associated with your GitHub account, to avoid unexpected hurdles.
Confirm that you have set the correct email address in Git:
```
$ git config --global user.email
email@example.com
```
Set your name in Git.
Configuring Global Name
```
git config --global user.name "YOUR NAME"
```
Confirm that you have set the correct name in Git:
```
$ git config --global user.name
Your Name
```

Open Terminal
Set an email address in Git. You can use any email address.
Configuring Global Email Address
```
git config --global user.email "YOUR_EMAIL"
```
tip
Make sure to use the Primary Email Address associated with your GitHub account, to avoid unexpected hurdles.
Confirm that you have set the correct email address in Git:
```
$ git config --global user.email
email@example.com
```
Set your name in Git.
Configuring Global Name
```
git config --global user.name "YOUR NAME"
```
Confirm that you have set the correct name in Git:
```
$ git config --global user.name
Your Name
```

Open Terminal
Set an email address in Git. You can use any email address.
Configuring Global Email Address
```
git config --global user.email "YOUR_EMAIL"
```
tip
Make sure to use the Primary Email Address associated with your GitHub account, to avoid unexpected hurdles.
Confirm that you have set the correct email address in Git:
```
$ git config --global user.email
email@example.com
```
Set your name in Git.
Configuring Global Name
```
git config --global user.name "YOUR NAME"
```
Confirm that you have set the correct name in Git:
```
$ git config --global user.name
Your Name
```

Repository specific Email & Name

GitHub uses the email address set in your local Git configuration to associate commits pushed from the command line with your account on GitHub.

You can change the email address associated with commits you make in a single repository. This will override your global Git configuration settings in this one repository, but will not affect any other repositories.

Windows
macOS
Linux/Unix

Open Git Bash
Set an email address in Git. You can use any email address.
Configuring Email Address
```
git config user.email "YOUR_EMAIL"
```
tip
Make sure to use the Primary Email Address associated with your GitHub account, to avoid unexpected hurdles.
Confirm that you have set the correct email address in Git:
```
$ git config user.email
email@example.com
```
Set your name in Git.
Configuring Name
```
git config user.name "YOUR NAME"
```
Confirm that you have set the correct name in Git:
```
$ git config user.name
Your Name
```

Open Terminal
Set an email address in Git. You can use any email address.
Configuring Email Address
```
git config user.email "YOUR_EMAIL"
```
tip
Make sure to use the Primary Email Address associated with your GitHub account, to avoid unexpected hurdles.
Confirm that you have set the correct email address in Git:
```
$ git config user.email
email@example.com
```
Set your name in Git.
Configuring Name
```
git config user.name "YOUR NAME"
```
Confirm that you have set the correct name in Git:
```
$ git config user.name
Your Name
```

Open Terminal
Set an email address in Git. You can use any email address.
Configuring Email Address
```
git config user.email "YOUR_EMAIL"
```
tip
Make sure to use the Primary Email Address associated with your GitHub account, to avoid unexpected hurdles.
Confirm that you have set the correct email address in Git:
```
$ git config user.email
email@example.com
```
Set your name in Git.
Configuring Name
```
git config user.name "YOUR NAME"
```
Confirm that you have set the correct name in Git:
```
$ git config user.name
Your Name
```

GIT global Email & Name​

Repository specific Email & Name​

GIT global Email & Name

Repository specific Email & Name