Here is the starter config file.
you can open this with git config -e for any specific repository
[core]
repositoryformatversion = 0
filemode = false
bare = false
logallrefupdates = true
symlinks = false
ignorecase = true
[remote "origin"]
url = https://github.com/j143/tcp
fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
[branch "main"]
remote = origin
merge = refs/heads/main
[user]
name = John Person
email = jp@example.com
[credential "https://github"]
com = j143
[credential]
helper = store
[branch "show-tcp-syn-ack"]
remote = origin
merge = refs/heads/show-tcp-syn-ack
credential
these lines control which credential to use
[credential "https://github"]
com = j143
[credential]
helper = store
author
author details
[user]
name = John Person
email = jp@example.com
Remote repository for example GitHub
How to reference a git server
[remote "origin"]
url = https://github.com/j143/tcp
fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
[branch "main"]
remote = origin
merge = refs/heads/main
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if you are not comfortable with vi editor, you can use vscode editor to edit config.
git config --global core.editor "code --wait"