Installing Git on Linux Servers
Installing git on both Red Hat & Debian family:
# yum install git
# apt install git
$ git --version
git version 2.30.2
Global username is because to identify yourself when making changes on repositories.
# git config --global user.name “Hamed Khanmohammadi”
# git config --global user.email “hamed@localhost”
$ cat ~/.gitconfig
[user]
email = ubuntu@localhost
name = Hamed Khanmohammadi
signingKey = 2C527A35CADECF49
Git Basic Configurations
Local Configuration
Global Configuration
System-Level Configuration
# cat .gitconfig
# git config --list
# cat /etc/gitconfig
Local configs are only available for the current project and stored in .git/config in the project’s directory.
Global configs are available for all projects for the current user and stored in ~/.gitconfig.
System config applies to the entire system for all the users/projects and stored in /etc/gitconfig.
Git Basic Configurations
# git config --system system.name “Git Repo Srv-1”
# git config --system user.name “Arash Foroughi”
# git config --global system.name “My Repo Srv-1”
# git config --global core.editor vim
# git config --global core.pager ‘less’
# git config --list
# cat ~/.gitconfig
[user]
name = Root User
email = root@localhost
[system]
name = My Git Repo Server1
[core]
editor = vim
pager = more