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    Configure Your Git Globals

Once you have at least a basic user profile with Homebrew,
you can  configure your git.
⚙️ You can use an automated script to configure
your basic git global configuration.
I use a GitHub repository
mac-setup
for my basic Mac setup scripts including one to configure
my git globals.
If you'd like, you can use my repository to configure your git globals.

 Just follow the PREREQUISITES
and then Configure Your Git Globals
of my GitHub repository


Configure Your Git Globals Manually

If you want to configure your git globals manually,
you can follow these instructions.
Here you are globally configuring...

Username
Email
.gitignore

Configure Git user.name

To configure the username globally...
git config --global user.name <github-username>

Configure Git user.email

To configure the email globally...
git config --global user.email <github-emailaddress>

Create and Configure Global .gitignore

You will first need to CREATE a ~/.gitignore file
that will be your global .gitignore file.
Here is a sample .gitignore file that you may find useful...
# Global gitignore

# Mac
.DS_Store

# IDEs
.idea/
.vscode

To configure the .gitignore file globally...
git config --global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore

Other Configuration

To configure --ff-only as the default for git pull…
git config --global pull.ff only

Verify Git Configuration

To verify the configuration...
git config --list