How do I set user.email and user.name in Intellij 14 with GIT integration?

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maverick picture maverick · Jun 6, 2015 · Viewed 37.8k times · Source

I have IntelliJ 14 with GIT integrated. git push command shows the Author as unknown. How do I set the following two parameters in my IntelliJ IDE?

git config --global user.name "Sam Smith"
git config --global user.email [email protected]

Answer

Constantin Zagorsky picture Constantin Zagorsky · Apr 25, 2016
  1. Ctrl + K to open commit dialog
  2. Type following pattern into "Git / Author:" dropdown field, replacing parts with personal data(keep space and angle brackets characters):
Name Surname <Email>

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