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David
David

Reputation: 57

Setting up Git User Name

I’m following the instructions to setup Git at https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-First-Time-Git-Setup

The document states to run the following from the command line:

$ git config --global user.name "John Doe"
$ git config --global user.email [email protected]

When I run these commands with the $ sign in front I receive this error:

 $git is not re-cognized as an internal or external command.

I also tried:

git config --global user.name "John Doe"
git config --global user.email [email protected]

When I run both lines the command line returns to the next line without an acknowledgement statement.

Afterwards the two commands do not seem to take effect.

I have Git with GitBash install. Is there something obvious I am missing here?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1826

Answers (1)

Val Berthe
Val Berthe

Reputation: 2054

$ stands for "prompt". You should'nt actually write it; its only purpose is to indicate where to begin the command.

You should write them separately.

git config --global user.name "John Doe"

(Press enter) then

git config --global user.email [email protected]

Upvotes: 4

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