How to reset your name in git

How to reset your name in git

If you enter the wrong username or email address when using git, or you change your name and email address, then you need to reset it in git Username and email address. In this article, I'll explain how to accomplish this task in git.

1. View current configuration

Before starting to make changes, we should first review the current configuration. Enter the following command in the terminal:

git config --global --list

This command will display the current global configuration information of git, including user name and email address. Make sure you see the correct information.

2. Reset username and email address

If you need to change your username and email address, you need to enter the following command in the terminal:

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

will Replace "Your Name Here" and "your_email@example.com" with your name and email address.

If you want to use a different username and email address in a specific git repository, you can use the above command in that repository, but do not use the --global option.

3. Verify whether the changes take effect

After the changes are completed, you can use the following commands to verify whether the changes take effect:

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

These commands will show you respectively username and email address. If they display information about your new settings, your changes have been successful.

Note:

• If you change your username and email address in a warehouse that already has submission records, then you need to use the following command to update the previous submission records:

git filter-branch --commit-filter '
    if [ "$GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL" = "old_email@example.com" ];
    then
        GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL=new_email@example.com;
    fi;
    if [ "$GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL" = "old_email@example.com" ];
    then
        GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL=new_email@example.com;
    fi;
    git commit-tree "$@";
' HEAD

Replace old_email@example.com and new_email@example.com with your old and new email addresses. This command will rewrite all commit records, replacing old email addresses with new ones.

• If you have multiple git accounts, you need to select the account you want to use before using git. Use the following command in the terminal to switch accounts:

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

These commands do not have the --global option, so they take effect in the current repository.

Summary

Resetting your git username and email address is very simple and only requires a few commands in the terminal. However, if you change information in a repository that already has a commit record, you need to use a specific method to update the commit record. Before making changes, be sure to review the current configuration to make sure you are changing the correct information.

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