How to change the default username of git

Git is a very popular version control system that uses the user name as the identifier of the version submission record. In the process of using git, sometimes you need to modify the default user name. This article will introduce how to modify the default user name of git.

1. View the current user name

Enter the following command in the terminal (or command line) to view the current git user name and email address:

git config --global user.name

If the current username is output, you can skip the next step, otherwise you need to set the username and email address.

2. Set username and email address

Enter the following command in the terminal to set the git username and email address:

git config --global user.name "你的用户名"
git config --global user.email "你的邮箱地址"

For example, if you want to Using "example" as the username and "example@example.com" as the email address, you can enter the following command:

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

3. Modify the default username

If you want To modify the default user name, you can first open the git configuration file and edit the user name in the git configuration file.

Enter the following command in the terminal to edit the git configuration file:

git config --global --edit

A text editor will open, in which you can modify the git configuration file. Find the [user] node and modify the name field below to the user name you want to modify.

[user]
        name = example
        email = example@example.com

After saving the changes, close the text editor.

4. Verify the modification results

Enter the following command in the terminal to view the current git user name:

git config --global user.name

If the modified user is output name, it means that the default user name has been modified successfully.

Summary

Through the above steps, you can modify the default user name of git. It is worth noting that if you use multiple git accounts, you need to configure a different user name and email address on each account, and use a different user account on each warehouse.

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