Table of content
Tutorials
Get to know git as a version control system.
- Pro Git e-book in various languages
- official git introduction tutorial
- a guided tour through git fundamentals
- git for GitHub handbook
Cheat Sheets
Get a quick overview of relevant git commands for your daily work.
- git cli cheat sheets - overview - @github.com
- git cli cheat sheets - German - @github.com
- git cli cheat sheets - English - @github.com
- git cli cheat sheets - English PDF - @github.com
Solving Problems
FAQ
Change the user for a repository
Git uses a hierarchical configuration of multiple levels. Settings in higher levels override values in lower levels. Lower levels inherit from higher levels (eg. local inherits from global).
- system - Settings for all users of the system are stored in git installation folder:
your-git-installation-folder/etc/gitconfig - global - Settings for the current user are stored locally in your user home directory:
~/.gitconfig - local - The current repository settings are stored locally in the repository directory:
.git/config
You can configure an individual repository to use a specific user which overrides the global configuration. From the root directory of the repository, run the following on command line:
$ git config user.name "your name"
$ git config user.email your@email.com
The default user for all repositories is configured in the global configuration file in your home directory ~/.gitconfig. You can also run the following from command line:
$ git config --global user.name "your name"
$ git config --global user.email your@email.com