Raymond Yang

Introduction

There are two ways to set git config, commandline and directy write in git config file. The principle of two ways are similiar. Here introduce how to do them.

Set Git configuration using command line

Sometimes we use git config to set configuration, like

# map st as status
git config alias.st status

Sometimes we add –global option. It is obvious that first is local setting and the second is global setting.

Set Git configuration using file

We can also do it in git file. The local git config file is at

./.git/config

The global git config file is at

~/.gitconfig

Take an example, add the following text will update the alias setting

[alias]
    co = checkout
    ci = commit
    br = branch
    st = status