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Git configuration on Mac.
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git-setup-osx.md

Set your global user details.

git config --global user.name "Your Name"
git config --global user.email your.email@elasticpath.com

Set your line feed settings.

git config --global core.autocrlf input

See the GitHub article on line endings for more information on why this is necessary.

Specify a default editor.

git config --global core.editor nano

Setup an access token for authenticating eg. if using 2FA.

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