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gawkworkflow: Configuring git

 
 3 Configuring Global Settings For Git
 *************************************
 
 Before starting to use Git, you should configure it with some important
 settings that won't change as you use Git.  You may configure options
 both globally, and on a per-repository basis.  Here, we discuss only
 global configuration settings.
 
    You can configure Git using either 'git config', or by editing the
 relevant files with your favorite text editor.(1)
 
    The first things to set are your email address and your real name:
 
      $ git config --global user.name "J.P. Developer"     Set full name
      $ git config --global user.email jpdev@example.com   Set email address
 
    Setting these two items are an absolute requirement.  * No
 aliases are allowed.  If you can't supply your real name, you cannot
 contribute to the project.  Other options that the 'gawk' maintainer
 recommends that you use are:
 
      $ git config --global push.default=simple    Only push current branch
      $ git config --global pager.status=true      Use pager for output of git status
 
    The global settings are stored in the '.gitconfig' file in your home
 directory.  The file looks like this:
 
      [user]
              name = J.P. Developer
              email = jpdev@example.com
      [push]
              default = simple
      [pager]
              status = true
 
    The 'push.default=simple' setting ensures that older versions of Git
 only push the current branch up to the Savannah repo.  This is the
 safest way to operate, and is the default in current Git versions.
 
    There may be other settings in your configuration file as well.  Use
 'git config' to see your settings:
 
      $ git config --list
      -| user.name=J.P. Developer
      -| user.email=jpdev@example.com
      -| push.default=simple
 
    Here are the 'gawk' maintainer's settings:
 
      $ git config --global --list
      -| user.name=Arnold D. Robbins
      -| user.email=arnold@...
      -| credential.helper=cache --timeout=3600
      -| push.default=simple
      -| color.ui=false
      -| core.autocrlf=input
      -| pager.status=true
      -| log.decorate=auto
 
    Additional, per-project ("local") settings are stored in each repo's
 '.git/config' file.
 
    ---------- Footnotes ----------
 
    (1) You are required to use either Vim or Emacs, other text editors
 are not allowed.  Of course, reasonable developers wouldn't want to use
 any other editor anyway.
 

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