Comments on: Starting with git in a team of one http://subprocess.net/2008/03/19/starting-with-git-in-a-team-of-one/ linux geek/dad Wed, 28 Apr 2010 20:25:56 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: benarwin http://subprocess.net/2008/03/19/starting-with-git-in-a-team-of-one/comment-page-1/#comment-18 benarwin Sat, 22 Mar 2008 14:26:00 +0000 http://subprocess.net/2008/03/19/starting-with-git-in-a-team-of-one/#comment-18 If you're really starting from scratch, you will need a few "git config" commands. My standard issue git configuration is as follows: <blockquote><code>git config --global user.name "Your Name Comes Here" git config --global user.email you@yourdomain.example.com </code></blockquote> Those are required. The next ones will give you some pretty color for certain git commands (such as 'git status' and 'git diff'): <blockquote> <code>git config --global color.diff auto git config --global color.status auto git config --global color.branch auto</code></blockquote> If you’re really starting from scratch, you will need a few “git config” commands. My standard issue git configuration is as follows:

git config --global user.name "Your Name Comes Here"
git config --global user.email you@yourdomain.example.com

Those are required. The next ones will give you some pretty color for certain git commands (such as ‘git status’ and ‘git diff’):

git config --global color.diff auto
git config --global color.status auto
git config --global color.branch auto

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