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Change git username and email

$ git config --global user.name "John Doe"
$ git config --global user.email johndoe@example.com

Source: git-scm.com

Git user.name user.email

git config --global user.name "Your Name"
git config --global user.email "youremail@yourdomain.com"

Source: linuxize.com

Get git username and email

git config user.name
git config user.email

Source: stackoverflow.com

Set username git

git config --global user.name "My Name"

Git username

$ git config --global user.name
> "John Smith"

$ git config --global user.email 
> "johnsmith@example.com"

if you have configured multiple git users in your machine
$ git config --global user.name ### It will give name of git user who is globaly scoped
$ git config user.name ### It will give name of git user who has scope with respect to current repository

Change git username and email

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

Source: docs.github.com

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