configure your git username/email on linux

To set your global username/email configuration:

1. Set your username:

   git config --global user.name "FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME"

2. Set your email address:

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

To set repository-specific username/email configuration:

1. In a terminal, change into the repository directory.
2. Set your username:

   git config user.name "FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME"

3. Set your email address:

   git config user.email "MY_NAME@example.com"

4. Verify your configuration by displaying your configuration file:

   cat .git/config

 
Source: Configure your DVCS username for commits | Bitbucket Cloud | Atlassian Support
 

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