You should specify both your first and last name but your username can be anything you want to attach to your commits. Your Git username does not need to be the same as your version control username, such as the one you use on GitHub.
How do I find my git username?
- 1) The `git config` command. Here’s the git config command: git config user.name. …
- 2) The `git config –list` command. Another way to show your Git username is with this git config command: git config –list. …
- 3) Look in your Git configuration file.
How do I find my git username and email?
- git config -get [user.name | user. email]
- git config –list.
- or, open your git config file directly.
