commands to configure the git client

git.config

# Enter these commands into the shell
# Minimally, you'll give a name and email address to begin:
git config --global user.name "fName lName"
git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
git config --global core.editor vim
git config --global color.ui true
git config --global push.default matching


# Dump logs to stdOut and add an alias to see them in reverse:
git config --global core.pager cat
git config --global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore
git config --global alias.rlog 'log --reverse'


# Quickly display the configuration
git config --list