From 72a5f40dc73821ce3c70d742e2c310200588a8c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Trevor Jobling Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:41:42 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Update first-time-setup.asc Clarify that --global configuration is not applicable system-wide, but only within the scope of the logged in as current user. --- book/01-introduction/sections/first-time-setup.asc | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/book/01-introduction/sections/first-time-setup.asc b/book/01-introduction/sections/first-time-setup.asc index 5d092ea60..c5929483e 100644 --- a/book/01-introduction/sections/first-time-setup.asc +++ b/book/01-introduction/sections/first-time-setup.asc @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ $ git config --global user.name "John Doe" $ git config --global user.email johndoe@example.com ---- -Again, you need to do this only once if you pass the `--global` option, because then Git will always use that information for anything you do on that system. +Again, you need to do this only once if you pass the `--global` option, because then Git will always use that information for anything you do while logged in as you on that system. If you want to override this with a different name or email address for specific projects, you can run the command without the `--global` option when you're in that project. Many of the GUI tools will help you do this when you first run them. From ff991f295c778c64f07a8375c2200a4fffc54278 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Trevor Jobling Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2025 11:14:12 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update book/01-introduction/sections/first-time-setup.asc Co-authored-by: Michael <2701605+michaelblyons@users.noreply.github.com> --- book/01-introduction/sections/first-time-setup.asc | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/book/01-introduction/sections/first-time-setup.asc b/book/01-introduction/sections/first-time-setup.asc index c5929483e..10b7049ce 100644 --- a/book/01-introduction/sections/first-time-setup.asc +++ b/book/01-introduction/sections/first-time-setup.asc @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ $ git config --global user.name "John Doe" $ git config --global user.email johndoe@example.com ---- -Again, you need to do this only once if you pass the `--global` option, because then Git will always use that information for anything you do while logged in as you on that system. +Again, you need to do this only once if you pass the `--global` option, because then Git will always use that information for your user on that system. If you want to override this with a different name or email address for specific projects, you can run the command without the `--global` option when you're in that project. Many of the GUI tools will help you do this when you first run them.