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Github commit with different user

I have a github account. When I make commits it shows a different user than my github account username. How can I fix that?

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Solution

  • At the root of your local folder you have a file named "config". Try to "vim .git/config"

    The file will look something like that:

    [core]
        repositoryformatversion = 0
        fileMode = false
        bare = false
        logallrefupdates = true
        ignorecase = true
        precomposeunicode = true
[remote "origin"]
        url = https://[email protected]/nanhekumar/myproject.git
        fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
[branch "master"]
        remote = origin
        merge = refs/heads/master`

    [user]
            name = Nanhe Kumar
            email = [email protected]

    A few options:

    1. Change the user name and email in this file
    2. Use "git config" command to change a global user for pushing to github or a local user for a specific folder project:

    Local:

    • git config --local user.name ""
    • git config --local user.email "< your email>"

    Global:

    • git config --global user.name ""
    • git config --global user.email "< your email>"