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You can set the git email address that is used to author commits on GitHub.com and on your computer.

GitHub uses your commit email address to associate commits with your GitHub account on GitHub.com. You can choose the email address that will be associated with the commits you push from the git command line as well as web-based Git operations you make.

For web-based Git operations, you can set your commit email address on GitHub.com. For commits you push from the command line, you can set your commit email address in Git.

Any commits you made prior to changing your commit email address are still associated with your previous email address.

Note: You cannot verify email addresses from disposable email address services (services that allow you to receive email at a temporary email address that expires after a certain time). If you'd like to keep your email address private, you can use a GitHub-provided noreply email address. For more information, see “Setting your commit email address on GitHub.” (https://docs.github.com/en/account-and-profile/setting-up-and-managing-your-personal-account-on-github/managing-email-preferences/setting-your-commit-email-address#setting-your-commit-email-address-on-github)

If you'd like to keep your personal email address private, you can use a noreply email address from GitHub as your commit email address. To use your noreply email address for commits you git push from the command line, use that email address when you set your commit email address in Git. To use your noreply address for web-based Git operations, set your commit email address on GitHub and choose to Keep my email address private.

You can also choose to block commits you push from the command line that expose your personal email address. For more information, see “Blocking command line pushes that expose your personal email.” (https://docs.github.com/en/account-and-profile/setting-up-and-managing-your-personal-account-on-github/managing-email-preferences/blocking-command-line-pushes-that-expose-your-personal-email-address)

To ensure that commits are attributed to you and appear in your GitHub contributions graph, use an email address that is connected to your account on GitHub.com, or the noreply email address provided to you in your email settings. For more information, see “Adding an email address to your GitHub account.” (https://docs.github.com/en/github/setting-up-and-managing-your-github-user-account/adding-an-email-address-to-your-github-account)

You can use the git config command to change the git email address you associate with your Git commits. The new email address you set will be visible in any future commits you push to GitHub.com from the command line. Any commits you made prior to changing your commit email address are still associated with your previous email address.

Setting your email address for every repository on your computer

Open Git Bash.

Set an email address in Git. You can use your GitHub-provided noreply email address (https://docs.github.com/en/articles/setting-your-commit-email-address) or any email address (https://docs.github.com/en/articles/setting-your-commit-email-address).

$ git config --global user.email “34898038+AzureCloudMonk@users.noreply.github.com”

Confirm that you have set the email address correctly in Git:

$ git config –global user.email

email@example.com

Under Windows Git and macOS Git this works fine. Under Linux Git you may get the error message: “fatal - not in a git directory.

Add the email address to your account on GitHub, so that your commits are attributed to you and appear in your contributions graph. For more information, see “Adding an email address to your GitHub account.”

Fair Use Sources:

• https://docs.github.com/en/account-and-profile/setting-up-and-managing-your-personal-account-on-github/managing-email-preferences/setting-your-commit-email-address