Which command sets your Git user.name globally?

Which command sets your Git user.name globally?

• A. git config --global user.name "First Last"
• B. git config user.name "First Last"
• C. git config --system user.name "First Last"
• D. git config --global --name "First Last"

Answer: (A)

Setting your Git user name globally means you define the identity Git uses for all repositories unless you override it locally. This is done with git config --global user.name "Your Name." The --global flag writes to the global configuration file (typically ~/.gitconfig on Unix-like systems or C:\Users\<you>\.gitconfig on Windows), so every repository will use this name by default. The other forms either apply only to the current repository (no --global), would affect the system-wide configuration (which is not the usual choice for a user and often requires admin rights), or use an invalid flag (there is no --name option in git config). To check your global name, you can run git config --global user.name.

Setting your Git user name globally means you define the identity Git uses for all repositories unless you override it locally. This is done with git config --global user.name "Your Name." The --global flag writes to the global configuration file (typically ~/.gitconfig on Unix-like systems or C:\Users<you>.gitconfig on Windows), so every repository will use this name by default. The other forms either apply only to the current repository (no --global), would affect the system-wide configuration (which is not the usual choice for a user and often requires admin rights), or use an invalid flag (there is no --name option in git config). To check your global name, you can run git config --global user.name.