You must provide your username and email address in your Git configuration file to resolve the error “Make sure you configure your ‘user.name’ and ‘user.email’ in git.” Please note that the email address specified in this command should be the same email address used for your Git account, otherwise commits will be attributed to different identities. Executing the following commands will accomplish this:
git config --global user.name "Your Name"
git config --global user.email "your.email@foo.com"This code sets global Git configuration values for the user’s name and email address. The git config command lets you configure various settings for your Git installation. The –global flag indicates that these settings should apply to all repositories on the current user’s computer.
The first command, git config –global user.name “Your Name”, sets the name that will appear in the Author field of commit messages. This is typically your full name. In this case, “Your Name” should be replaced with the user’s actual name.
The second command, git config –global user.email “your.email@foo.com”, sets the user’s email address for Git commits. This is the email address that will appear in the “Author” field of commit messages; it should be replaced with your actual email address.
If you only want to set the login and email address for one repository, you may also use –local in place of –global. Here is an example:
git config --local user.name "Your Name"
git config --local user.email "your.email@foo.com"The first command, git config –local user.name “Your Name”, sets the name that will appear in the “Author” field of commit messages. In this case, “Your Name” should be replaced with the user’s actual name. In the second command, git config –local user.email “your.email@foo.com”, sets the user’s email address for Git commits in the current repository. This is the email address that will appear in the “Author” field of commit messages, and it is typically associated with the user’s Git account. In this case, “your.email@foo.com” should be replaced with the actual email address associated with the user’s Git account.
Using the commands git config user.name and git config user.email, you may determine whether the configuration has been set or not; both should return the value you entered. Example:
git config user.name
git config user.email