Before git is used for the first time on a machine, some global configuration settings for the git user should be made:
git config --global user.name "Martin Burnicki" git config --global user.email "martin.burnicki@burnicki.net"
If a different email address is preferred for commits in a specific project,
the local configuration can be modfied to override the global default setting, e.g.
by running a command like this inside the project directory:
git config --local user.email "martin.burnicki@meinberg.de"
Alternatively, environment variables can be used to specify the author and committer name and email address.
Also disable prompting when the diff/merge tool is called.
git config --global merge.tool meld git config --global diff.tool meld git config --global --add difftool.prompt false
— Martin Burnicki martin.burnicki@burnicki.net, last updated 2021-07-29