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-====== Configure GIT ======
-===== Configure GIT so that commit messages generated for you will contain your correct information =====
-The easiest way of doing this is through the **git config** command.  You need to provide your name and email address because Git embeds this information into each commit you do.
-<code bash>
-git config --global user.name "Your Name"
-git config --global user.email "youremail@domain.com"
-</code>
-You can see all of the configuration items that have been set by typing:
-<code bash>
-git config --list
-</code>
-Returns
-<code>
-user.name=Your Name
-user.email=youremail@domain.com
-</code>
-As you can see, this has a slightly different format.  The information is stored in your Git configuration file, which you can optionally edit by hand with a text editor:
-<code bash>
-vi ~/.gitconfig
-</code>
-<file bash ~/.gitconfig>
-[user]
-    name = Your Name
-    email = youremail@domain.com
-</file>
-There are many other options that you can set, but these are the two essential ones needed to prevent warnings in the future.