How do I change my author name on GitHub?

Question

I\'m new to web development and GitHub. When I commit any changes, these changes are reflected on my GitHub repo under \"unknown (author)\". How do I change this to reflect

Answer 1

Add something like this to a file called ~/.gitconfig (in your home directory):

[user]
    name = USERNAME
    email = EMAIL_ADDRESS

where USERNAME and EMAIL_ADDRESS are filled in appropriately