GIT Essentials

Install

sudo apt install git

Global: config settings are stored under ~/.gitconfig

git config --list --global

System: config setting are stored under /etc/gitconfig

git config --list --system

Local: config setting are stored under *repo*/.git/config

Locally

git config user.name "Your Name"

Globally

git config --global user.name "Your Name"

Locally

git config user.email "Your@Email.Com"

Globally

git config --global user.email "Your@Email.Com"

Inspect details

cat ~/.gitconfig

Ensure you are inside the directory you want

git init

ls -a

. .. .git