# Set your user name
$ git config --global user.name "John Doe" 

# Set your email
$ git config --global user.email [email protected]

# Set your default branch name to 'main'
$ git config --global init.defaultBranch main 

# Some other popular choices as names are master, trunk etc.

# Set your default editor
$ git config --global core.editor "nano"

# List all the settings parameters
$ git config --list 

# Check the settings of a specific key
$ git config <key>

# Get help
$ git <verb/command name> --help