To configure your Git username and password, you can use the following commands:
- Set your Git username:
git config --global user.name "Your Username"
- Set your Git email address:
git config --global user.email "your_email@example.com"
- Enable credential caching to avoid entering your password every time you interact with a remote repository:
git config --global credential.helper cache
- Set the duration (in seconds) for which Git should cache your credentials:
git config --global credential.helper 'cache --timeout=3600'
Note: You should replace “Your Username” and “your_email@example.com” with your actual Git username and email address respectively.
After executing these commands, Git will use the provided username and email address when committing changes to repositories. The credential helper will also store your login credentials in an encrypted file so that you don’t have to enter them again for a certain period of time (as specified by the timeout value).
