There are 3 levels of git config; project, global and system.
- project: Project configs are only available for the current project and stored in
.git/configin the project’s directory. - global: Global configs are available for all projects for the current user and stored in
~/.gitconfig. - system: System configs are available for all the users/projects and stored in
/etc/gitconfig.
Create a project specific config, you have to execute this under the project’s directory.
$ git config user.name "John Doe"
Create a global config
$ git config --global user.name "John Doe"
Create a system config
$ git config --system user.name "John Doe"
And as you may guess, project overrides global and global overrides system.
