From: "W. Trevor King" <wking@xxxxxxxxxx> A simple command line call is easier than spawning an editor, especially for folks new to ideas like the "command line" and "text editors". This is also the approach suggested by 'git commit' if you try and commit without having configured user.name or user.email. Signed-off-by: W. Trevor King <wking@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/user-manual.txt | 18 +++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt index 8bf37b3..e2e0c86 100644 --- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt +++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt @@ -991,9 +991,16 @@ Developing with Git Telling Git your name --------------------- -Before creating any commits, you should introduce yourself to Git. The -easiest way to do so is to make sure the following lines appear in a -file named `.gitconfig` in your home directory: +Before creating any commits, you should introduce yourself to Git. +The easiest way to do so is to use linkgit:git-config[1]: + +------------------------------------------------ +$ git config --global user.name 'Your Name Comes Here' +$ git config --global user.email 'you@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' +------------------------------------------------ + +Which will add the following stanza to a file named `.gitconfig` in +your home directory: ------------------------------------------------ [user] @@ -1001,8 +1008,9 @@ file named `.gitconfig` in your home directory: email = you@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------ -(See the "CONFIGURATION FILE" section of linkgit:git-config[1] for -details on the configuration file.) +See the "CONFIGURATION FILE" section of linkgit:git-config[1] for +details on the configuration file. The file is plain text, so you can +also edit it with your favorite editor. [[creating-a-new-repository]] -- 1.8.1.336.g94702dd -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html