Problem with git config --global user.name [duplicate]

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When I try to configure my username with git config --global user.name "Michaël Doyon", it returns:

warning: user.name has multiple values error: cannot overwrite multiple values with a single value

Use a regexp, --add or --replace-all to change user.name.

Also, when I do git config --get user.name, it returns Michaël and not Michaël Doyon.

Be aware that I am trying to set up git on a new computer with the same username and email that I used to set up git on my old computer (MacBook Air 2017).

Can you help me configure my username to Michaël Doyon?

Thanks!

Esp. this answer: stackoverflow.com/a/33638880/7976758 and this one: stackoverflow.com/a/50367306/7976758 — phd
– phd, Commented Aug 3, 2021 at 12:41

hobbs · Accepted Answer · 2021-08-03 03:14:18Z

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Use git config --global --unset-all user.name, then
git config --global user.name "Michaël Doyon". The first command will remove the offending multiple entries so that the second one will work.

answered Aug 3, 2021 at 3:14

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Tim Roberts · Accepted Answer · 2021-08-03 03:14:25Z

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You can just bring up ~/.gitconfig in a text editor. It's a plain text file.

answered Aug 3, 2021 at 3:14

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