You don't have to edit or configure the git config files too often, but when you do, it's good to know where to find them and how to edit them.
In this quick Git Config tutorial, you will learn how to configure your Git environment at the local, system and global level.
We will also show you how to locate the various git config files, showing you where the git configuration files are stored on both Linux and Ubuntu machines.
We'll even show you how to configure Notepad as the default editor, or change the tool used to resolve merge conflicts or navigate over the git commit history.
This git config tutorial makes learning about git configuration easy.
0:00 Git porcelain vs plumbing
0:40 git config name and email
2:07 System Git config file
3:06 System Git Config location
3:25 Edit Global Git config
4:47 Local Git config location
5:24 GIt's Portable and Worktree Config
7:02 git config list
7:35 Notepad as default git editor
9:06 Linux git config files
10:01 Find out more