Introduction to Version Control

Apr 10 2024 · Git 2.44, Terminal, GitHub Desktop

Lesson 02: Using Git for Development

Configuration Demo

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In this demo, you’ll see where Git stores configuration information and how to make a Git repo using the terminal and GitHub Desktop.

cd ~/Documents
git config --get-regexp user
git config user.name "Jim Appleseed"
git config user.name
git config user.email "appleseedj@example.com"
git config -l
mkdir myFirstRepo
cd myFirstRepo
ls -a
git status
git init
git status
git config -l
git config user.name "Jerry Appleseed"
git config -l --show-scope
cd ~/Documents
git config --global --unset user.name
git config --global --unset user.email
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