https://nerdsid.com/tags/configuration/Recent content in Configuration on Nerdsid.comHugoen-usWed, 11 Sep 2024 15:39:06 +0530https://nerdsid.com/posts/git-username-and-email-from-environment-variables/Wed, 11 Sep 2024 15:39:06 +0530https://nerdsid.com/posts/git-username-and-email-from-environment-variables/<h2 id="introduction">Introduction</h2> <p>Git associates a username and email with every commit. The username and email are retrieved from Git&rsquo;s configuration, which can be set globally (for all repositories) or locally (for a specific repository). For example to set the username globally, you can run the command <code>git config --global user.name &quot;Your Name&quot;</code>.</p> <p>However, an alternative way to achieve this is by using environment variables. This can be useful for several reasons, such as:</p>