Introduction to Version Control

Sep 14 2025 · Git 2.51, Terminal, GitHub Desktop

Lesson 02: Using Git for Development

Configuration Demo

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In this demo, you’ll see where Git stores configuration information and how to make a Git repo using the terminal and GitHub Desktop.

cd ~/Documents

git config --get-regexp user

git config user.name "Jim Appleseed"

git config user.name

git config user.email "appleseedj@example.com"

git config -l

mkdir myFirstRepo
cd myFirstRepo

ls -a

git status

git init

git status

git config -l

git config user.name "Jerry Appleseed"

git config -l --show-scope

cd ~/Documents
git config --global --unset user.name
git config --global --unset user.email
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