More than one value for the key user.name Git

Question

For some reason I\'m getting the error that \"More than one value for the key user.name\" when I try to set the user.name for my git account. How can I set it to a single n

Answer 1

First look to see what user.names are in the config:

git config --list

Example output:

user.email=abarker@cern.ch
user.name=fiveisgreen
user.github=fiveisgreen
user.name=Anthony

In this example, user.name is listed twice. To remove the duplicate do:

git config --global --unset user.name