git commit and user identity

Question

I am following the official guide of GIT, and actually I am at 2.2.6 paragraph " Committing Your Changes" Previously, at section 1.5.1 "Identity" when asked to enter a command like

git config --global user.name "John Doe"

I missed the --global option because I don't need it. Now everytime I do a git commit, I obtain

$git commit

*** Please tell me who you are.

Run

  git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
  git config --global user.name "Your Name"

to set your account's default identity.
Omit --global to set the identity only in this repository.

but I do not want to enter a --global option, does exist another way?

Did you set both user.email and user.name? Can you show the contents of .git/config for your project? — Carl Norum
– Carl Norum, Commented Mar 13, 2013 at 17:43
You have the answer in your question: Omit --global to set the identity only in this repository. — forivall
– forivall, Commented Mar 13, 2013 at 17:48
@CarlNorum [user] name = Caterpillar email = [email protected] — Germano Massullo
– Germano Massullo, Commented Mar 13, 2013 at 17:57
Are you sure that's from the same repo where you're trying to do the commit? — Carl Norum
– Carl Norum, Commented Mar 13, 2013 at 18:01
@CarlNorum Yes, it is the first time I use it and I don't have any other repos — Germano Massullo
– Germano Massullo, Commented Mar 13, 2013 at 18:03

Benjamin Loison · Accepted Answer · 2023-07-24 18:28:48Z

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If you just want to set it for that repository, run:

git config user.email "[email protected]"
git config user.name "Your Name"

edited Jul 24, 2023 at 18:28

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answered Mar 13, 2013 at 17:44

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DavidJ Over a year ago

If using a shared (cloud) build machine for which we don't want to set the identity globally or locally for the repo, how can it be specified just for the single commit command?

JonathanDavidArndt · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-23 19:42:49Z

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Just type the same name that you have in your GitHub account, the same the same letters and character.

edited Mar 23, 2018 at 19:42

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Benjamin Loison · Accepted Answer · 2023-07-24 18:29:22Z

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This is Solving

1- git init
2- git config user.name "AccountName"
3- git config user.email "yourGamil"
4- git add *
5- git commit -m "WriteCommit"
6- git push origin master

edited Jul 24, 2023 at 18:29

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answered Jun 6, 2022 at 19:49

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Andy J Over a year ago

This doesn't really address the question.

Victor Matos Over a year ago

@Andy J, it did solve my problem on my mac m1. inside a dir named github/ I did the git init and all the other steps up til the 3rd. It worked like a charm.

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