Is it possible to have different Git configuration for different projects?

Question

.gitconfig is usually stored in the user.home directory.

I use a different identity to work on projects for Company A and something else fo

Answer 1

To be explicit, you can also use --local to use current repository config file:

git config --local user.name "John Doe" 

Answer 2

As of git version 2.13, git supports conditional configuration includes. In this example we clone Company A's repos in ~/company_a directory, and Company B's repos in ~/company_b.

In your .gitconfig you can put something like this.

[includeIf "gitdir:~/company_a/"]
  path = .gitconfig-company_a
[includeIf "gitdir:~/company_b/"]
  path = .gitconfig-company_b

Example contents of .gitconfig-company_a

[user]
name = John Smith
email = john.smith@companya.net

Example contents of .gitconfig-company_b

[user]
name = John Smith
email = js@companyb.com

Answer 3

You can also point the environment variable GIT_CONFIG to a file that git config should use. With GIT_CONFIG=~/.gitconfig-A git config key value the specified file gets manipulated.

Answer 4

Another way is to use direnv and to separate config files per directory. For example:

.
├── companyA
│  ├── .envrc
│  └── .gitconfig
├── companyB
│  ├── .envrc
│  └── .gitconfig
└── personal
   ├── .envrc
   └── .gitconfig

Each .envrc should contain something like this:

export GIT_CONFIG=$(pwd)/.gitconfig

And .gitconfig is usual gitconfig with desired values.

Answer 5

Thanks @crea1

A small variant:

As it is written on https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config#_includes:

If the pattern ends with /, ** will be automatically added. For example, the pattern foo/ becomes foo/**. In other words, it matches foo and everything inside, recursively.

So I use in my case,
~/.gitconfig :

[user] # as default, personal needs
    email = myalias@personal-domain.fr
    name = bcag2
[includeIf "gitdir:~/workspace/"] # job needs, like workspace/* so all included projects
    path = .gitconfig-job

# all others section: core, alias, log…

So If the project directory is in my ~/wokspace/, default user settings is replace with
~/.gitconfig-job :

[user]
name = John Smith
email = js@company.com

Answer 6

Follow the Steps:

1. Find .gitconfig from the system

   File Location For Windows : "C:\Users${USER_NAME}.gitconfig"

   File Location For Linux : "/usr/local/git/etc/gitconfig"

2. Open .gitconfig file and add below lines as per your condition

    [includeIf "gitdir:D:\ORG-A-PROJECTS\"]
   
    [user]
   
        name = John Smith
   
        email = js@organizationx.com [includeIf "gitdir:~/organization_b/"]
   
    [user]
   
        name = John Doe
   
        email = jd@organizationy.com