Git configuration with prompts. Shell (Bash) script for Debian/Based distros of Linux.

git-config.sh

#!/bin/bash

command -v git >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "Git is not installed.  Aborting."; exit 1; }

echo "\nWhat name should be used in commits globally? \n"

read full_name

git config --global user.name "$full_name"

echo "\nWhat email should be used in commits globally? \n"

read email

git config --global user.email $email

echo "\nWhat editor should be used to edit commit messages? (default: vim) \n"

read editor

if [ -z $editor -a $editor != " " ]; then
     editor = "vim"
fi

git config --global core.editor $editor


git config --global color.ui true