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How to change the git bash username on Windows?

Assume that my username in Windows 7 is Caesar. When I open Git Bash I am greeted with something like

Caesar@COMPUTER-NAME$

Is it possible to change my username to be lowercase (so that it agrees with various Linux servers I have):

caesar@COMPUTER-NAME$

P.S. In cygwin, one can edit /etc/passwd in an obvious way to achieve this, but there is no such file for git bash (might be useful).

Solution

  • You can use the ssh_config facility to specify a different username. See an ssh_config manpage for details, but briefly:

    Create the file ~/.ssh/config, and put just this line in it:

    User caesar

    If you have different usernames for different hosts, you can use the Host setting to specify different usernames, including the default one:

    Host rome1
  User caesar
Host rome2
  User brutus
Host *
  User romeo

    Normally, the ~/.ssh/config file has to have mode 600, but that doesn't seem to be necessary for the Git windows version.