How can I configure Magit to use my Github user name?

Question

I just configured my IRC user name for ERC with (setq erc-nick "name").

Is there a similar variable for Magit, so it knows my Github username. If not, is there some ELisp I could write to add a hook to Magit or something like that?

Answer 1

Here is how to set your configuration using the command-line:

/usr/local/git/bin/git config --global github.token 123456789

/usr/local/git/bin/git config --global github.user tiago

/usr/local/git/bin/git config --global user.name tiago

/usr/local/git/bin/git config --global user.email [email protected]

;; for OSX
/usr/local/git/bin/git config --global credential.helper osxkeychain

/usr/local/git/bin/git config --global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore_global