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Git: Set local user.name and user.email different for each repo


I'm currently working on 2 projects, which expect that I configure my local username and email with different data when I push to them. For that I'm updating my config all the time like:

git config --local user.email "namelastname@domain.example"

Since they are different repositories, is there a way I could define an local email for each repository?

Maybe in the .gitconfig?


Solution

  • For just one repo, go into to the relevant repo DIR and:

    git config user.name "Your Name Here"
    git config user.email your@email.example
    

    For (global) default email (which is configured in your ~/.gitconfig):

    git config --global user.name "Your Name Here"
    git config --global user.email your@email.example
    

    You can check your Git settings with: git config user.name && git config user.email

    If you are in a specific repo which you setup a new user/config for (different to global) then it should show that local config, otherwise it will show your global config.