Github learning - Hands on

the git config seems to be for the git directory that is initialized 

$git config user.name “Test Name“

error: could not lock config file .git/config: No such file or directory

unless the git init is called, the config cannot be done 

$git init

$git config user.name “Test Name“

$ git config user.email “test.name@gmail.com"

However, if we use the —- global switch, the configuration applies globally 

git config --get --global user.name 

This above command gives the user name that is configured globally. 

References:

http://readwrite.com/2013/09/30/understanding-github-a-journey-for-beginners-part-1