git help

How do I Git help?

Git help FAQ: How do I Git help?

Sorry for that title, but I used to live in several southern states in the United States, and people there often pronounce "get" like "git". (I hope they'll take this joke well, lol.)

The Git help command

If you need to see the Git help text, you can start by using the "git help" command, like this:

git help

This command displays the following output:

By Alvin Alexander on August 5, 2011

How to show or change your Git username or email address

Git user FAQ: How do I show or change my Git username (or email address)?

How to show your Git username

There are several ways to show your Git username. One way is with the "git config" command, like this:

git config user.name

which in my case returns:

Alvin Alexander

Another way to show your Git username is with this git config command:

git config --list

which returns this output:

By Alvin Alexander on February 21, 2013
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