Chapter 2 — The Config File — Solutions

do the assignment first. reading the answer is not the same as doing it, and u will feel like u learned it when u didn’t.

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# 1
git config --global --get user.name
git config --global --get user.email
 
# 2
cat ~/.gitconfig
 
# 3
cd practice-git
git config --local user.email "work@company.com"
 
# 4
git config user.email
# work@company.com     <- no --global and no --local means "whatever wins here"
 
# 5
git config --list --show-origin
 
# 6
git config --local --add course.name git-101
 
# 7
git config --local --get course.name
git config --local --remove-section course
 
# 8
git config --global init.defaultBranch main
 
# 9
git config --global alias.st "status -s"
git st
 
# 10
git config --global alias.last "log -1 --oneline"
git last

output of 4:

work@company.com

output of 10:

8c1f0a2 (HEAD -> main) add a second line to notes.md

• in step 4, the whole point is that u asked without --global or --local. that is git answering “which one am i actually going to use in this repo”, and the local one wins.
• in step 5, --show-origin prints the path of the file in front of every line. this is the command that settles it when a setting is not what u expect.
• if u want ur global email back as the one this repo uses, remove the local key: git config --local --unset user.email.

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