configure_git.md

Configure Git

List all existing git configuration

git config --global --list

Edit global settings file

git config --global --edit

Change default git editor

git config --global core.editor <editor command>

Configurate Name

git config --global user.name "<Your Name>"

Configure Email

git config --global user.email "<Your Email>"

Force git to use always ssh

git config --global url."git@github.com:".insteadOf "https://github.com/"

Force git to use always https

git config --global url."https://github".insteadOf git://github

Configure the git to don't create Backup file on merge conflict

git config --global mergetool.KeepBackup false

Configure the git to create Backup file on merge conflict

git config --global mergetool.KeepBackup true

Configure git to push annotated tags automatically

git config --global push.followTags true

Custom Git Bash

Arch Based System

Install Dependencies

sudo pacman -Syu yay bash-completion
yay -Syua bash-git-prompt

Add the code bellow to ~/.bashrc

if [ -f /usr/lib/bash-git-prompt/gitprompt.sh ]; then
    ## To only show the git prompt in or under a repository directory
    GIT_PROMPT_ONLY_IN_REPO=1
    ## To use upstream's default theme
    GIT_PROMPT_THEME=Default
    ## To use upstream's default theme, modified by arch maintainer
    ##GIT_PROMPT_THEME=Minimal_UserHost
    ## list themes git_prompt_list_themes
    ## repository origin https://github.com/magicmonty/bash-git-prompt
    source /usr/lib/bash-git-prompt/gitprompt.sh
fi

export PS1="\[\e[1;32m\][\u@\h\[\e[1;37m\] \[\e[1;33m\]\W\[\e[1;32m\]]\[\e[01;32m\]\$\[\e[0m\] "

Other linux distros

Download the files "git-prompt.sh","git-completion.bash" on Support files to the your user folder "~"

Put this code on .bashrc

source ~/git-completion.bash
source ~/git-prompt.sh

export GIT_PS1_SHOWDIRTYSTATE=true
export GIT_PS1_SHOWSTASHSTATE=true
export GIT_PS1_SHOWUNTRACKEDFILES=true

export PS1="\[\e[1;32m\][\u@\h\[\e[1;37m\] \[\e[1;33m\]\W\[\e[1;32m\]]\[\e[1;34m\] $( __git_ps1 " (%s)" )\[\e[01;32m\]\$\[\e[0m\] "

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